On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 02:04:15 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This PR fixes a test bug where a `DecimalFormat` is instantiated in a static 
>> field (with the current default locale) before the test updates the system 
>> default to `Locale.US`. As a result, it may fail under various other 
>> locales, since a `Locale.US` configured `DecimalFormat` is not actually 
>> retrieved and the test expects one.
>> 
>> In general, the preservation and restoring of the system locale is an 
>> obsolete process. The test is instead updated to just retrieve a 
>> `DecimalFormat` using a locale accepting factory method.
>> 
>> I have manually confirmed that the tests passes with `-Duser.language=en 
>> -Duser.country=NL` on my machine, (which is the locale used in the 
>> reproducer).
>
> Hello Justin, the change looks reasonable to me. I'm guessing the call to 
> `NumberFormat.getInstance(...)` would still return and exercise a 
> `DecimalFormat` instance, and thus the original intent of the test for 
> JDK-4944439 would be preserved?

@jaikiran Yes, `NumberFormat.getInstance` returns a plain `DecimalFormat` 
instance, so the original intent should remain the same.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28514#issuecomment-3598140797

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