Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

• 1.1 Welcome
• 1.2 Software Requirements
• 1.3 Documentation
• 1.3.1 Assumptions
• 1.3.2 Conventions
• 1.3.3 Location of Online Documentation
• 1.3.4 Organization of this Manual
• 1.4 Rogue Wave Professional Training
• 1.5 Technical Support
• 1.5.1 Before Contacting Technical Support
• 1.5.2 How to Contact Technical Support

Chapter 2: Product Overview

• 2.1 Currency Classes
• 2.2 Money Class
• 2.3 Money Calculator Class
• 2.4 Conversion Classes
• 2.5 Decimal Classes
• 2.6 Formatting Class
• 2.7 Strings in Money.h++
• 2.8 Persistence
• 2.9 C++ Classes in Money.h++
• 2.10 Java Classes in Money.h++
• 2.11 Money.h++ Examples
• 2.11.1 Running the Examples in Java
• 2.11.2 Building and Running the C++ Examples

Chapter 3: Using the Currency Classes

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Currency Information Classes
• 3.3 Collections of Currencies
• 3.3.1 Available Currencies
• 3.3.2 Initializing a Currency Book
• 3.3.3 Adding, Deleting, and Searching for Currencies

Chapter 4: Money and Calculations

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Attaching a Currency to a Value
• 4.3 Same-Currency Calculations
• 4.4 Mixed-Currency Calculations
• 4.4.1 Setting the Conversion Policy
• 4.4.2 Setting the Accuracy and Rounding Method
• 4.5 Supported Money Decimal Types

Chapter 5: Currency Conversions

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Exchange Rates and Exchange Rate Tables
• 5.3 Currency Exchange Classes
• 5.4 Currency Exchange Groups
• 5.5 Currency Exchange Factory
• 5.6 Performing Currency Exchanges in C++
• 5.7 Performing Currency Exchanges in Java
• 5.8 Creating Custom Exchange Objects and Groups
• 5.8.1 Class USDollarBaseExchange
• 5.8.2 Class USDollarBaseGroup
• 5.8.3 Using the Custom Classes
• 5.9 C++ Exchange Class Hierarchies
• 5.10 Java Exchange Class Hierarchies

Chapter 6: Decimal Classes

• 6.1 Overview
• 6.2 How Decimal Values Are Represented
• 6.3 Precision
• 6.3.1 Class RWMultiPrecisionInt<n>
• 6.3.2 RWMP1Int, RWMP2Int and RWMP3Int Integer Types
• 6.3.3 32-bit long versus 64-bit long Types
• 6.3.4 Fixed and Floating Decimal Classes
• 6.4 Decimal Arithmetic
• 6.5 Special Values
• 6.6 Rounding
• 6.7 Conversions
• 6.7.1 Conversion from Integers and Strings
• 6.7.2 Conversion from Built-In Floating Point
• 6.7.3 Conversion to Built-In Types

Chapter 7: Formatting for Output

• 7.1 Overview
• 7.2 Formatting Numbers in C++
• 7.2.1 Using Pictures
• 7.2.2 Advanced Pictures
• 7.2.3 Code Positions in Pictures
• 7.2.4 Embedding Pictures in Sentences
• 7.3 Formatting Numbers in Java
• 7.4 Formatter Objects

Chapter 8: Errors and Error-Handling

• 8.1 Overview
• 8.2 Overflow Conditions
• 8.3 Inexact Conditions
• 8.4 Error-Handling
• 8.4.1 Installing an Inexact Error Handler
• 8.4.2 Installing an Overflow Error Handler
• 8.4.3 Changing the Default Error Handler in Java
• 8.5 Error Objects
• 8.6 Exceptions in Java

Chapter 9: Technical Notes

• 9.1 Localization
• 9.2 Base 2 Representation of Decimal Fractions
• 9.3 Input Format Grammar
• 9.3.1 Tokens
• 9.3.2 Grammar
• 9.4 Multithread Safety

Appendix A: Version History

• A.1 Decimal Classes in Money 1.5 and Higher
• A.2 Multiple Precision Integer Classes

Appendix B: Currency Book Initialization File

Topic Index

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