Right-aligned currency formatting for Java

FormatCurrency.java

/**
 * Method to format a BigDecimal for printing as an amount of currency. Only works for locales
 * where the currency symbol is placed before the amount.
 * @param n the value to format
 * @returns the formatted String
 */
public String formatCurrency(BigDecimal n) {
    String symbol = Currency.getInstance(Locale.getDefault()).getSymbol();
    String value = new DecimalFormat("#,###.00").format(n);
    return symbol.concat(value);
}