## 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 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 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 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 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 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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