The main (and only) method in this class.
//-
//+
NumberFormat defForm = NumberFormat.getInstance();
try {
Number d = defForm.parse(input);
System.out.println(input +
" parses as " + d +
" and formats as " + defForm.format(d));
} catch (ParseException pe) {
System.err.println(input + "not parseable!");
}
//-
