Integrated: 8372609: Bug4944439 does not enforce locale correctly

[Justin Lu]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:35:40 GMT, Justin Lu <jlu at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR fixes a test bug where a `DecimalFormat` is instantiated in a static field (with the current default locale) before the test updates the system default to `Locale.US`. As a result, it may fail under various other locales, since a `Locale.US` configured `DecimalFormat` is not actually retrieved and the test expects one.
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> In general, the preservation and restoring of the system locale is an obsolete process. The test is instead updated to just retrieve a `DecimalFormat` using a locale accepting factory method.
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> I have manually confirmed that the tests passes with `-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=NL` on my machine, (which is the locale used in the reproducer).

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 45c0600d
Author:    Justin Lu <jlu at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/45c0600d3abfa4bcd0338840523c0df69283afe2
Stats:     21 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 17 del; 4 mod

8372609: Bug4944439 does not enforce locale correctly

Reviewed-by: liach, jpai

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28514