Number | 
ChoiceFormat.parse(String text,
     ParsePosition status) | 
 Parses a Number from the input text. 
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abstract Date | 
DateFormat.parse(String source,
     ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parse a date/time string according to the given parse position. 
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Number | 
DecimalFormat.parse(String text,
     ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parses text from a string to produce a Number. 
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Object[] | 
MessageFormat.parse(String source,
     ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parses the string. 
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abstract Number | 
NumberFormat.parse(String source,
     ParsePosition parsePosition) | 
 Returns a Long if possible (e.g., within the range [Long.MIN_VALUE,
 Long.MAX_VALUE] and with no decimals), otherwise a Double. 
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Date | 
SimpleDateFormat.parse(String text,
     ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parses text from a string to produce a Date. 
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Object | 
DateFormat.parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parses text from a string to produce a Date. 
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abstract Object | 
Format.parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parses text from a string to produce an object. 
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Object | 
MessageFormat.parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parses text from a string to produce an object array. 
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Object | 
NumberFormat.parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | 
 Parses text from a string to produce a Number. 
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