Uses of Class java.text.NumberFormat (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-17

## Uses of Class
java.text.NumberFormat

- Packages that use NumberFormat
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.text | Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages.
  java.text.spi | Service provider classes for the classes in the java.text package.
  javax.swing.text | Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.

- - ### Uses of NumberFormat in java.text

    Subclasses of NumberFormat in java.text
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `ChoiceFormat` A `ChoiceFormat` allows you to attach a format to a range of numbers.
    `class` | `DecimalFormat` `DecimalFormat` is a concrete subclass of `NumberFormat` that formats decimal numbers.

    Fields in java.text declared as NumberFormat
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected NumberFormat` | DateFormat.`numberFormat` The number formatter that `DateFormat` uses to format numbers in dates and times.

    Methods in java.text that return NumberFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getCurrencyInstance()` Returns a currency format for the current default `FORMAT` locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getCurrencyInstance(Locale inLocale)` Returns a currency format for the specified locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getInstance()` Returns a general-purpose number format for the current default `FORMAT` locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getInstance(Locale inLocale)` Returns a general-purpose number format for the specified locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getIntegerInstance()` Returns an integer number format for the current default `FORMAT` locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getIntegerInstance(Locale inLocale)` Returns an integer number format for the specified locale.
    `NumberFormat` | DateFormat.`getNumberFormat()` Gets the number formatter which this date/time formatter uses to format and parse a time.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getNumberInstance()` Returns a general-purpose number format for the current default `FORMAT` locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getNumberInstance(Locale inLocale)` Returns a general-purpose number format for the specified locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getPercentInstance()` Returns a percentage format for the current default `FORMAT` locale.
    `static NumberFormat` | NumberFormat.`getPercentInstance(Locale inLocale)` Returns a percentage format for the specified locale.

    Methods in java.text with parameters of type NumberFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | DateFormat.`setNumberFormat(NumberFormat newNumberFormat)` Allows you to set the number formatter.

  - ### Uses of NumberFormat in java.text.spi

    Methods in java.text.spi that return NumberFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract NumberFormat` | NumberFormatProvider.`getCurrencyInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `NumberFormat` instance which formats monetary values for the specified locale.
    `abstract NumberFormat` | NumberFormatProvider.`getIntegerInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `NumberFormat` instance which formats integer values for the specified locale.
    `abstract NumberFormat` | NumberFormatProvider.`getNumberInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new general-purpose `NumberFormat` instance for the specified locale.
    `abstract NumberFormat` | NumberFormatProvider.`getPercentInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `NumberFormat` instance which formats percentage values for the specified locale.

  - ### Uses of NumberFormat in javax.swing.text

    Constructors in javax.swing.text with parameters of type NumberFormat
    Constructor and Description
    `NumberFormatter(NumberFormat format)` Creates a NumberFormatter with the specified Format instance.

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