[VALIDATOR-433] BigDecimalValidator does not validate "()" negative currency uniformly for all locales

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Not A Bug
• Affects Version/s: 1.6
• Component/s: Routines

Environment

Windows 10, Tomcat 6, Java 8

• Assignee: Bruno P. Kinoshita
• Reporter: John DiPirro
• Created: 17/Nov/17 13:51
• Updated: 30/Nov/17 21:07
• Resolved: 21/Nov/17 08:09

Description

Hi,

The following tests fail:

final String JAPAN_YEN = (new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.JAPAN)).getCurrencySymbol();
final String CHINA_YEN = (new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.CHINA)).getCurrencySymbol();

BigDecimal negative = new BigDecimal("-1234.56");

assertEquals("Japan negative", negative, validator.validate("(" + JAPAN_YEN + "1,234.56)", Locale.CHINA));
assertEquals("China negative", negative, validator.validate("(" + CHINA_YEN + "1,234.56)", Locale.CHINA));

Please not that this test do not fail for other locales (US AND UK, for example).

Please advise on whether this is an issue, if there is a workaround, etc...

Regards,
John DiPirro