The method java.util.Currency.getCurrencyCode() gets the ISO 4217 currency code of this currency.

The signature of the java.util.Currency.getCurrencyCode() method is as follows:

public String getCurrencyCode()

The method takes no parameters.

Returns the ISO 4217 currency code of this currency.

The method throws no exceptions.

In the following code we use java.util.Currency.getCurrencyCode():

package com.farenda.java.util;

import java.util.Currency;
import java.util.Locale;

public class CurrencyCurrencyCode {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Locale locale = Locale.CHINA;
        Currency currency = Currency.getInstance(locale);
        //ISO 4217 code:
        System.out.println("Currency code: "
                + currency.getCurrencyCode());

        currency = Currency.getInstance(Locale.CANADA_FRENCH);
        System.out.println("Currency code: "
                + currency.getCurrencyCode());
    }
}

The above code produces the following output:

Currency code: CNY
Currency code: CAD