Formatting and Parsing a Locale-specific Number

 
 // Format
 Locale locale = Locale.CANADA;
 String string = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(
                          locale).format(123.45);
     
 // Parse
 try {
   Number number = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(
                   locale).parse("123.45");
     if (number instanceof Long) {
       // Long value
   } else {
       // Double value
   }
 } catch (ParseException e) {
 }