Java.text.DecimalFormat is parsing '22.3.6' !

Question

I'm using DecimalFormat to mask a data entry field.
When I enter something like 22.3.6, it parses!
String docString = "22.3.6";
NumberFormat nFormat = new DecimalFormat();
float value = nFormat.parse(docString).floatValue();
System.err.println("value: " + value);
Gives me:
value: 22.3
I was expecting a NumberFormatException.
I'm running
build 1.5.0_05-b05
Should I enter this as a bug?

Answer 1

I tried yout code and it formats the String the way you wanted:
public class Test
public static void main ( String[] args )
java.text.DecimalFormat df2 = new java.text.DecimalFormat("###########0.00");
System.out.println(df2.format(java.lang.Float.parseFloat("-3.0")));
} //End Main
}