I want to know how to set the default decimal separator on my JSF application. I have some <h:inputText>
that I need to format as money, with 2 decimals. Right now the decimal separator used by default is the comma ,
and this gives me an error when I do some operations on save. I don't know if I can set the decimal separator to be used everytime that I use <f:convertNumber>
tag.
I tried to use this:
<f:convertNumber pattern="########0.00" groupingUsed="false" />
but it still sets the comma as decimal separator.
The default decimal separator depends on the locale used. You can set it in 2 ways:
On a per-view basis by the locale
attribute of the <f:view>
tag:
<f:view locale="#{bean.locale}">
On a per-converter basis by the locale
attribute of the <f:convertNumber>
tag:
<f:convertNumber locale="#{bean.locale}" />
It's unclear what locale you're targeting, but the use of .
as fraction separator is typical for US dollars with a locale of en-US
, for example. So you need to set it as such:
<f:convertNumber type="currency" currencySymbol="$" locale="en-US" />
It can also be obtained from a java.util.Locale
bean property.
<f:convertNumber type="currency" currencySymbol="$" locale="#{bean.locale}" />
Note that I used type="currency"
, that's more self-documenting.