Java.util.Currency.getInstance() Method

Description

The java.util.Currency.getInstance() method returns the Currency instance for the given currency code.

Declaration

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

public static Currency getInstance(String currencyCode)

Parameters

currencyCode − currency's ISO 4217 code

Return Value

This method returns the Currency instance for the specified currency code.

Exception

• NullPointerException − if currencyCode is null

• IllegalArgumentException − if ISO 3166 does not support the given currencyCode.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Currency.getInstance() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

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

      // create a currency object with specified currency code
      Currency curr = Currency.getInstance("USD");

      // print currency's code
      System.out.println("Currency code :" + curr.getCurrencyCode());
   }
}

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

Currency code :USD