[Bug classpath/31896] New: Currency.getInstance(String currencyCode) fails.

[colin dot green at focus-solutions dot co dot uk]

E.g.
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Currency cur = Currency.getInstance("BSD") // Bahamas Dollars.
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getInstance() appears to be looping over all available locales looking for a
locale where the specified currency code is the default currency. If found then
that Currency object is returned, otherwise an exception is thrown.

In contrast to this, the Sun JDK appears to always return a Currency object. If
a relevant currency symbol isn't defined by the locale in use then a fall-back
of using the currency code as the symbol is used. So, for example currencies in
Bahamas dollars are formatted as "BSD1,234.56".

As it stands there is no way of using a large number of currencies within
Classpath. BSD just happens to be the one I was trying to use.


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           Summary: Currency.getInstance(String currencyCode) fails.
           Product: classpath
           Version: 0.95
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: classpath
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: colin dot green at focus-solutions dot co dot uk


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31896