1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2016 The JGUIraffe Team.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16 package net.sf.jguiraffe.transform;
17
18 import java.text.NumberFormat;
19 import java.util.Locale;
20
21 /**
22 * <p>
23 * A base class for number transformers that operate on floating point numbers.
24 * </p>
25 * <p>
26 * This base class already implements the creation of the
27 * <code>NumberFormat</code> object used for parsing the entered numbers.
28 * Concrete sub classes specialize on specific float types like
29 * <code>java.lang.Float</code> or <code>java.lang.Double</code>.
30 * </p>
31 *
32 * @author Oliver Heger
33 * @version $Id: AbstractDecimalTransformer.java 205 2012-01-29 18:29:57Z oheger $
34 * @param <T> the data type handled by this transformer class
35 */
36 public abstract class AbstractDecimalTransformer<T extends Number> extends
37 NumberTransformerBase<T>
38 {
39 /**
40 * Returns a format object suitable for parsing doubles.
41 *
42 * @param locale the locale
43 * @return the format object
44 */
45 @Override
46 protected NumberFormat createFormat(Locale locale)
47 {
48 return NumberFormat.getInstance(locale);
49 }
50 }