com.icl.saxon.number

## Class NumberFormatter

- java.lang.Object
- - com.icl.saxon.number.NumberFormatter

-     public class NumberFormatter
      extends java.lang.Object

  Class NumberFormatter defines a method to format a Vector of integers as a character string according to a supplied format specification.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `NumberFormatter()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.lang.String` | `format(int number, int groupSize, java.lang.String groupSeparator, java.lang.String letterValue, Numberer numberer)` Format a single number.
    `java.lang.String` | `format(java.util.Vector numbers, int groupSize, java.lang.String groupSeparator, java.lang.String letterValue, Numberer numberer)` Format a vector of numbers.
    `void` | `prepare(java.lang.String format)` Prepare the format pattern.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### NumberFormatter

          public NumberFormatter()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### prepare

          public void prepare(java.lang.String format)

      Prepare the format pattern.
      Parameters:
        `format` - the format specification. Contains one of the following values:
        - "1": conventional decimal numbering
        - "a": sequence a, b, c, ... aa, ab, ac, ...
        - "A": sequence A, B, C, ... AA, AB, AC, ...
        - "i": sequence i, ii, iii, iv, v ...
        - "I": sequence I, II, III, IV, V, ...
        This symbol may be preceded and followed by punctuation (any other characters) which is copied to the output string.

    - #### format

          public java.lang.String format(java.util.Vector numbers,
                                int groupSize,
                                java.lang.String groupSeparator,
                                java.lang.String letterValue,
                                Numberer numberer)

      Format a vector of numbers.
      Parameters:
        `numbers` - the numbers to be formatted (a sequence of integer values)
      Returns:
        the formatted output string.

    - #### format

          public java.lang.String format(int number,
                                int groupSize,
                                java.lang.String groupSeparator,
                                java.lang.String letterValue,
                                Numberer numberer)

      Format a single number. The format/template has the same syntax as for a Vector of numbers.