[MATH-189] FractionFormat should extend NumberFormat

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0
• Assignee: Phil Steitz
• Reporter: Matthew Jason Benson
• Created: 04/Feb/08 16:10
• Updated: 23/Apr/09 02:26
• Resolved: 25/Jan/09 19:28

Description

Marked as 2.0; whenever this is done it can only be done with JDK5 compatibility without breaking the current API as certain methods that return Number in NumberFormat are defined (independently) in FractionFormat as returning Fraction. JDK5's ability to narrow return types will sidestep what is currently a barrier.