CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2011/ch7 7a or

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7a. Representing money. Skrien Chapter 6 gives an example of a class that can be used to represent money. But how is it done in real programs? Investigate, and report on the advantages and disadvantages of other approaches vs. Skrien's.

Resources

• Need to go through these for information
  • PDF from class lecture
  • A standalone class to tackle the problem (in Java)
  • Representing money (Java)
  • Working with money in Java
  • Time and Money Java project - doesn't seem to have much documentation, though
  • Joda Money class library for Java
  • BigDecimal and Your Money (a criticism of using BigDecimal format)
  • Tutorial on using BigDecimal
  • JUnit Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests (has a Money class example
  • Currency Internationalization (i18n), Multiple Currencies and Foreign Exchange (FX) -nothing programming-wise, but a good overview of the considerations for currency
  • Yet Another C++ Money Class
  • Representing currencies (txt document with example and details)