protected void setDefaultConversionMask() { // Set some sensible default mask on the numbers // switch ( getType() ) { case TYPE_INTEGER: setConversionMask( DEFAULT_INTEGER_FORMAT_MASK ); break; case TYPE_NUMBER: setConversionMask( DEFAULT_NUMBER_FORMAT_MASK ); break; case TYPE_BIGNUMBER: setConversionMask( DEFAULT_BIG_NUMBER_FORMAT_MASK ); setGroupingSymbol( null ); setDecimalSymbol( "." ); // For backward compatibility reasons! break; default: // does nothing } }