Name: dfC67450 Date: 01/26/98



java.text.DecimalFormat.parse(String str, ParsePosition pp) returns 0 if string
parameter is incorrect. For consistency with previous JDK version it should return
null.
 
Here is the test demonstrating the bug:

-----------------Test.java------------------------
import java.text.*;

public class Test {
    public static void main (String args[]){
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat();
        String text = "x";

        System.out.println("pattern: \"" + df.toPattern() + "\"");
        System.out.println("\"" + text + "\" is parsed as " +
                           df.parse(text, new ParsePosition(0)));

    }
}

--------- Output from the test for JDK1.1.6 ---------------------
pattern: "#,##0.###"
"x" is parsed as 0
--------- Output from the test for JDK1.1.5 ---------------------
pattern: "#,##0.###"
"x" is parsed as null
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