A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Each of the following lines of code will fail with a
 NumberFormatException when executed.

   Integer.decode("+10");
   Integer.parseInt("+10");

JUSTIFICATION :
Since both the decode and parseInt methods of the Integer class already support a leading minus sign, why not check for and ignore a leading plus sign.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I would expect the following to work:

   Integer.decode("+10");
   Integer.parseInt("+10");
ACTUAL -
Both Integer.decode and Integer.parseInt fail with a
NumberFormatException when the integer string starts with a plus sign.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------

         int i = Integer.decode("+10");
         int j = Integer.parseInt("+10");
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
User program has to check for and remoce any leading plus sign.
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