FYI: java.text updates

[Guilhem Lavaux]

Hi,

Without any furious replies from classpath's developers ;). I am 
checking in the following patches into the CVS. They have been sent to 
the mailing list on the 2004-04-10 and 2004-04-11.

2004-04-28  Guilhem Lavaux <address@hidden>

        * gnu/java/text/FormatBuffer.java,
        gnu/java/text/AttributedFormatBuffer.java,
        gnu/java/text/StringFormatBuffer.java: New classes to implement
        attributed iterators in java.text.

        * gnu/java/text/FormatCharacterIterator.java: Moved
        from java/text as it is an internal class.

        * gnu/java/text/Makefile.am: Added new files to EXTRA_DIST.

        * java/text/Makefile.am: Removed moved classes from EXTRA_DIST.
        
2004-04-28  Guilhem Lavaux <address@hidden>

        * java/text/MessageFormat.java:
        (class Field): New class.
        (formatToCharacterIterator): New method.
        (format): Use formatInternal now.
        (formatInternal): New method. String formatter should
        be done here (with attributes). Attributes merging supported.
        (parse): More documentation.
        (getFormatsByArgumentIndex): New method.
        (setFormatByArgumentIndex): New method.
        (setFormatsByArgumentIndex): New method.

2004-04-28  Guilhem Lavaux <address@hidden>

        * java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java:
        (formatWithAttribute): New method. It implements
        the formatting process with attributes.
        (format): Use formatWithAttribute.
        (formatToCharacterIterator): New method. Use
        formatWithAttribute.

2004-04-28  Guilhem Lavaux <address@hidden>

        * java/text/DecimalFormat.java
        (scanFix): Build attribute array. Fixed error reporting.
        (applyPatternWithSymbols): Store attributes for the prefix and
        suffix.
        (formatInternal): New method. Changed the way the string is
        computed. Implemented attributes. Cleant up rounding in
        exponential notation.
        (format): Use formatInternal.
        (formatToCharacterIterator): New method.
        (exponentRound, negativePrefixRanges, positivePrefixRanges,
        negativePrefixAttrs, positivePrefixAttrs, negativeSuffixRanges,
        positiveSuffixRanges, negativeSuffixAttrs, positiveSuffixAttrs):
        New fields.

2004-04-28  Guilhem Lavaux <address@hidden>

        * java/text/Format.java: Updated importations. Removed unnecessary
        classes.

Cheers,

Guilhem.