Formatting and Parsing Locale-specific Currency

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