Java Currency getDisplayName() Method

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Description

The Java Currency getDisplayName() method gets the name suitable to display this currency for the default DISPLAY locale. If no suitable display name found then the ISO 4217 currency code is returned.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Currency.getDisplayName() method

public string getDisplayName()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the display name of this currency for the default DISPLAY locale.

Exception

NA

Java Currency getDisplayName(Locale locale) Method

Description

The Java Currency getDisplayName() method gets the name suitable to display this currency for the specified locale. If no suitable display name found then the ISO 4217 currency code is returned.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Currency.getDisplayName(Locale locale) method

public string getDisplayName(Locale locale)

Parameters

locale − the locale for which a display name for this currency is needed.

Return Value

This method the display name of this currency for the given locale.

Exception

NA

Getting Display Name of EUR Currency in German Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Currency getDisplayName() method for default locale. We've first created a currency object using EUR as currency code and then its display name is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Currency;

public class CurrencyDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // create a currency with EUR code
      Currency curr = Currency.getInstance("EUR");

      System.out.println("Default display name for EUR = " + curr.getDisplayName());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Default display name for EUR = Euro

Getting Display Name of INR Currency Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Currency getDisplayName() method for default locale. We've first created a currency object using INR as currency code and then its display name is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Currency;

public class CurrencyDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // create a currency with INR code
      Currency curr = Currency.getInstance("INR");

      System.out.println("Default display name for INR = " + curr.getDisplayName());
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Default display name for INR = Indian Rupee

Getting Display Name of INR Currency in German Locale Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Currency getDisplayName() method for German locale. We've first created a currency object using USD as currency code and then its display name is printed.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.Currency;
import java.util.Locale;

public class CurrencyDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // create a currency with INR code
      Currency curr = Currency.getInstance("INR");

      System.out.println("German display name for INR = " + curr.getDisplayName(Locale.GERMAN));
   }
}

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

German display name for INR = Indische Rupie