org.apache.fop.util
Class DecimalFormatCache

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.fop.util.DecimalFormatCache

public class DecimalFormatCache
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides a cache for DecimalFormat instance. DecimalFormat itself is not thread-safe but since FOP needs to format a lot of numbers the same way, it shall be cached in a ThreadLocal.

Constructor Summary

DecimalFormatCache()

Method Summary

static java.text.DecimalFormat

getDecimalFormat(int dec) Returns a cached DecimalFormat instance for the given number of decimal digits.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DecimalFormatCache

public DecimalFormatCache()

Method Detail

getDecimalFormat

public static java.text.DecimalFormat getDecimalFormat(int dec)

Returns a cached DecimalFormat instance for the given number of decimal digits.

Parameters:

dec - the number of decimal digits.

Returns:

the DecimalFormat instance