vipratech.util
Class DecimalPlaces

java.lang.Object
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public class DecimalPlaces

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

The DecimalPlaces class is used to manage the display of numbers in a graphical user interface,GUI. A number is sent to the class as an argument of the round(double data) method and the number of decimal places to be displayed is set using the setDecimalPlaces(int dp) accessor method. A string representing the fomatted number is returned to be displayed.

Version:

1.02, March 11, 2001

Author:

Warwick Bailey warwick-bailey@bigfoot.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DecimalPlaces()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	round(double data) Returns a string representation of the number rounded to the set number of decimal places.
void	setDecimalPlaces(int dp) Sets the number of decimal places to round to.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DecimalPlaces

public DecimalPlaces()

Method Detail

round

public final java.lang.String round(double data)

Returns a string representation of the number rounded to the set number of decimal places. By default, the class returns the number rounded to one decimal place.

setDecimalPlaces

public final void setDecimalPlaces(int dp)

Sets the number of decimal places to round to.