java.util.Currency.getSymbol()
The method java.util.Currency.getSymbol() gets the symbol of this currency for the default DISPLAY locale or ISO 4217 currency code.
It’s the same as calling getSymbol(Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY)).
Method signature
The signature of the java.util.Currency.getSymbol() method is as follows:
public String getSymbol()
Parameters
The method takes no parameters.
Return value
Returns the symbol of this currency for the default DISPLAY locale or ISO 4217 currency code when the symbol cannot be determined.
Exceptions
The method throws no exceptions.
Example usage
In the following code we use java.util.Currency.getSymbol():
package com.farenda.java.util;
import java.util.Currency;
import java.util.Locale;
public class CurrencyGetSymbol {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Current default DISPLAY locale: "
+ Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY));
displaySymbol(new Locale("pl", "PL"));
displaySymbol(Locale.US);
Locale.setDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY, Locale.US);
System.out.println("Current default DISPLAY locale: "
+ Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.DISPLAY));
displaySymbol(new Locale("pl", "PL"));
displaySymbol(Locale.US);
}
private static void displaySymbol(Locale locale) {
Currency currency = Currency.getInstance(locale);
System.out.printf("Symbol of %s: %s%n",
currency, currency.getSymbol());
}
}
The above code produces the following output:
Current default DISPLAY locale: pl_PL Symbol of PLN: zł Symbol of USD: USD Current default DISPLAY locale: en_US Symbol of PLN: PLN Symbol of USD: $
