Here you can find the source of format(BigDecimal amount, String format)
public static String format(BigDecimal amount, String format)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j av a 2s . c o m * (C) Copyright 2009-2013 Manaty SARL (http://manaty.net/) and contributors. * * Licensed under the GNU Public Licence, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.text.DecimalFormat; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static String format(BigDecimal amount, String format) { if (amount == null) { amount = BigDecimal.ZERO; } DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat(); Locale lcl = Locale.FRENCH; decimalFormat = (DecimalFormat) DecimalFormat.getInstance(lcl); decimalFormat.applyPattern(format); String value = decimalFormat.format(amount); return value; } }