import lotus.domino.*;
import java.util.Vector;
public class JavaAgent extends AgentBase {
 public void NotesMain() {
   try {
     Session session = getSession();
     AgentContext agentContext = session.getAgentContext();
     // (Your code goes here)
     Database db = agentContext.getCurrentDatabase();
     View view = db.getView("By Category");
     System.out.println("\"By Category\" view");
     Vector columns = view.getColumns();
     for (int i=0; i<columns.size(); i++) {
       ViewColumn column  = (ViewColumn)columns.elementAt(i);
       String vtitle = column.getTitle();
       if (vtitle.equals("")) vtitle = "No title";
       System.out.println("\n" + column.getPosition() +
       "  " + vtitle);
       String numericFormat = null;
       switch (column.getNumberFormat()) {
         case ViewColumn.FMT_CURRENCY :
           numericFormat = "currency"; break;
         case ViewColumn.FMT_FIXED :
           numericFormat = "fixed"; break;
         case ViewColumn.FMT_GENERAL :
           numericFormat = "general"; break;
         case ViewColumn.FMT_SCIENTIFIC :
           numericFormat = "scientific"; break; }
       System.out.println("Numeric format is " +
         numericFormat);
       if ((column.getNumberAttrib() &
         ViewColumn.ATTR_PARENS) != 0)
         System.out.println("Parentheses on negative
           numbers");
       if ((column.getNumberAttrib() &
         ViewColumn.ATTR_PERCENT) != 0)
         System.out.println("Percent sign");
       if ((column.getNumberAttrib() &
         ViewColumn.ATTR_PUNCTUATED) != 0)
         System.out.println("Punctuated");
       System.out.println("Number of decimal places is " +
       column.getNumberDigits());
       }
   } catch(Exception e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
   }
 }
}

See Also

NumberAttrib property
NumberDigits property
NumberFormat property