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AxKit-XSP-Currency-0.08
/ AxKit::XSP::Currency

NAME

AxKit::XSP::Currency - Currency formatting and conversion taglib

SYNOPSIS

Add this taglib to AxKit in your http.conf or .htaccess:

AxAddXSPTaglib AxKit::XSP::Currency

Add the namespace to your XSP file and use the tags:

<xsp:page
     language="Perl"
     xmlns:xsp="http://apache.org/xsp/core/v1"
     xmlns:currency="http://today.icantfocus.com/CPAN/AxKit/XSP/Currency"
>

<currency:format code="USD" options="FMT_STANDARD">19.5</currency:format>

<currency:format>
    <currency:code>USD</currency:code>
    <currency:options>FMT_HTML</currency:options>
    <currency:price>10.95</currenct:price>
</currency:format>

<price><currency:symbol/>10.92</price>

DESCRIPTION

This tag library provides an interface to format and convert currency within XSP pages.

This initial version currently only supports currency formatting. Currency conversion is planned for future releases.

TAG HIERARCHY

<currency:format code="USD|CAD|..." options="FMT_STANDARD|FMT_COMMON|..." price="10.95">
    <currency:code></currency:code>
    <currency:options></currency:options>
    <currency:price>10.95</currency:price>
    <convert:price>
        <currency:convert from="USD|CAD|JPY|..." price="10.95" to="CAD|JPY|...">
            <currency:from></currency:from>
            <currency:price</currency:price>
            <currency:to></currency:to>
        </currency:convert>
    </convert:price>
</currency:format>
<currency:symbol code="USD|CAD|..." options="SYM_HTML|SYM_UTF">
    <currency:code></currency:code>
    <currency:options></currency:options>
</currency:symbol>
<currency:convert from="USD|CAD|JPY|..." price="10.95" to="CAD|JPY|...">
    <currency:from></currency:from>
    <currency:price</currency:price>
    <currency:to></currency:to>
</currency:convert>

TAG REFERENCE

<currency:format>

Given a price, usually in decimal form, format returns a formatted price using the various options in Locale::Currency::Format.

<currency:format>
    <currency:price>10.9</currency:price>
</currency:format>  # prints &amp;#x0024;10.50

The format tag has three available attributes to control the output:

code

This is the 3 letter currency code used to specify the currency in use. The code attribute can also be specified using a child tag instead:

<currency:format>
    <currency:code>USD</currency:code>
</currency:format>

USD is used as the default if no currency code is specified. See Locale::Currency::Format for all of the available currency codes.

options

This is a string containing the formatting options to be used to specify the desired output format. The options attribute can also be specified using a child tag instead:

<currency:format>
    <currency:options>FMT_STANDARD | FMT_NOZEROS</currency:options>
</currency:format>

FMT_HTML is used as the default if no options are specified. See Locale::Currency::Format for all of the available format options.

price

This is the price to be formatted. While it can be passed as an attribute, the more common usage will be as a child tag:

<currency:format>
    <currency:price>19.95</currency:price>
</currency:format>

You can also next a convert tag inside of price to format the results of a currency conversion:

<convert:price>
    <currency:convert from="USD|CAD|JPY|..." price="10.95" to="CAD|JPY|...">
        <currency:from></currency:from>
        <currency:price</currency:price>
        <currency:to></currency:to>
    </currency:convert>
</convert:price>

<currency:symbol>

Returns the monetary symbol for the specified currency code.

<currency:symbol code="USD"/>   # prints $

The symbol tag has two available attributes to control the output:

code

This is the 3 letter currency code used to specify the currency in use. The code attribute can also be specified using a child tag instead:

<currency:symbol>
    <currency:code>USD</currency:code>
</currency:symbol>

USD is used as the default if no currency code is specified. See Locale::Currency::Format for all of the available currency codes.

options

This is a string containing the formatting options to be used to specify the desired output format. The options attribute can also be specified using a child tag instead:

<currency:symbol code="USD">
    <currency:options>SYM_HTML|SYM_UTF</currency:options>
</currency:symbol>

SYM_HTML is used as the default if no options are specified. See Locale::Currency::Format for all of the available format options.

<currency:convert>

Converts a price from one currency to another using Finance::Currency::Convert::WebserviceX.

<currency:convert from="USD|CAD|JPY|..." price="10.95" to="CAD|JPY|...">
    <currency:from></currency:from>
    <currency:price</currency:price>
    <currency:to></currency:to>
</currency:convert>

The convert tag has three available attributes to control the output:

from

This is the 3 letter currency code used to specify the currency in use. The from attribute can also be specified using a child tag instead:

<currency:convert>
    <currency:from>USD</currency:from>
</currency:convert>

USD is used as the default if no currency code is specified. See Locale::Currency for all of the available currency codes.

price

This is the price to be formatted. While it can be passed as an attribute, the more common usage will be as a child tag:

<currency:convert>
    <currency:price>19.95</currency:price>
</currency:convert>
to

This is the 3 letter currency code used to specify the currency in use. The to attribute can also be specified using a child tag instead:

<currency:convert>
    <currency:to>USD</currency:to>
</currency:convert>

See Locale::Currency for all of the available currency codes.

SEE ALSO

Locale::Currency::Format

AUTHOR

Christopher H. Laco
CPAN ID: CLACO
claco@chrislaco.com
http://today.icantfocus.com/blog/