On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:35:40 GMT, Justin Lu <[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?

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Marked as reviewed by jpai (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28514#pullrequestreview-3513312964

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