The java.text.NumberFormat class and subclasses could be improved to better convey information. As it stands, it can be seen as a "wall of text" which is off putting to readers.
Certain improvements such as better separating the text into sections with headers, advising to skip the pattern related sections if not needed, and general wording improvements can go a long way in helping readability.
This issue is filed to separate the cleanup changes that were originally going to go intoJDK-8327640
Certain improvements such as better separating the text into sections with headers, advising to skip the pattern related sections if not needed, and general wording improvements can go a long way in helping readability.
This issue is filed to separate the cleanup changes that were originally going to go into
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JDK-8330060 java.text.NumberFormat (and subclasses) spec updates
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JDK-6918672 [Fmt-De] Different scientific notation parsing between Float and NumberFormat
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JDK-4745837 Make grouping usage during parsing apparent in relevant NumberFormat methods
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- Resolved
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