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+package com.baeldung.decimalformat;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DecimalFormatExamplesTest {
+
+	double d = 1234567.89;
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenSimpleDecimal_WhenFormatting_ThenCorrectOutput() {
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#.##", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1234567.89");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("0.00", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1234567.89");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#########.###", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1234567.89");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("000000000.000", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("001234567.890");
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenSmallerDecimalPattern_WhenFormatting_ThenRounding() {
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#.#", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d)).isEqualTo("1234567.9");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d)).isEqualTo("1234568");
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenGroupingSeparator_WhenFormatting_ThenGroupedOutput() {
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#,###.#", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1,234,567.9");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#,###", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1,234,568");
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenMixedPattern_WhenFormatting_ThenCorrectOutput() {
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("The # number", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("The 1234568 number");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("The '#' # number", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("The # 1234568 number");
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenLocales_WhenFormatting_ThenCorrectOutput() {
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#,###.##", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1,234,567.89");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#,###.##", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ITALIAN)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1.234.567,89");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("#,###.##", DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(new Locale("it", "IT"))).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1.234.567,89");
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenE_WhenFormatting_ThenScientificNotation() {
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("00.#######E0", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("12.3456789E5");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("000.000000E0", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("123.456789E4");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("##0.######E0", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1.23456789E6");
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("###.000000E0", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).format(d))
+				.isEqualTo("1.23456789E6");
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenString_WhenParsing_ThenCorrectOutput() throws ParseException {
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH)).parse("1234567.89"))
+				.isEqualTo(1234567.89);
+
+		assertThat(new DecimalFormat("", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ITALIAN)).parse("1.234.567,89"))
+				.isEqualTo(1234567.89);
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void givenStringAndBigDecimalFlag_WhenParsing_ThenCorrectOutput() throws ParseException {
+
+		NumberFormat nf = new DecimalFormat("", new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH));
+		((DecimalFormat) nf).setParseBigDecimal(true);
+		assertThat(nf.parse("1234567.89")).isEqualTo(BigDecimal.valueOf(1234567.89));
+	}
+
+}