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Chapter 36 Check Point Questions

Section 36.2
▼36.2.1
How does Java support international characters in languages like Chinese and Arabic?
▼36.2.2
How do you construct a Locale object? How do you get all the available locales from a Calendar object?
▼36.2.3
How do you create a locale for the French-speaking region of Canada? How do you create a locale for the Netherlands?
Section 36.3
▼36.3.1
How do you set the time zone "PST" for a Calendar object?
▼36.3.2
How do you display current date and time in German?
▼36.3.3
How do you use the SimpleDateFormat class to display date and time using the pattern "yyyy.MM.dd hh:mm:ss"?
▼36.3.4
In line 66 of WorldClockControl.java, Arrays.sort(availableTimeZones) is used to sort the available time zones. What happens if you attempt to sort the available locales using Arrays.sort(availableLocales)?
Section 36.4
▼36.4.1
Write the code to format number 12345.678 in the United Kingdom locale. Keep two digits after the decimal point.
▼36.4.2
Write the code to format number 12345.678 in U.S. currency.
▼36.4.3
Write the code to format number 0.345678 as percentage with at least three digits after the decimal point.
▼36.4.4
Write the code to parse 3,456.78 into a number.
▼36.4.5
Write the code that uses the DecimalFormat class to format number 12345.678 using the pattern "0.0000#".
Section 36.5
▼36.5.1
How does the getBundle method locate a resource bundle?
▼36.5.2
How does the getObject method locate a resource?
Section 36.6
▼36.6.1
How do you specify an encoding scheme for a text file?
▼36.6.2
What would happen if you wrote a Unicode character to an ASCII text file?
▼36.6.3
How do you find the default encoding name on your system?