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Using NumberFormat
Using DecimalFormat
DecimalFormat Example
Using MessageFormat

When you use MessageFormat and provide a number as one of the arguments, you must specify an object, not a primitive type. The Number class hierarchy is as follows:

• Number
  • Byte
  • Double
  • Float
  • Integer
  • Long
  • Short
  • BigInteger
  • BigDecimal

The family of classes used to format numbers is:

• Format
  • NumberFormat
    • DecimalFormat
    • ChoiceFormat