Best way to convert Locale specific String to BigDecimal

Question

I have to convert a German locale formatted String to a BigDecimal. However, I\'m struggling with the best solution.

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Answer 1

The Problem is the formatting of your String. You should go with the 3rd Method, but format your String like this: String numberString = "2105.88";

You will be able to see this from the given examples here: Link to Java Api

Edit: Ok, so I see 2 possible solutions for this. Either go with your solution 1 (That's what I prefer) or do something like:

numberString = numberString.replaceAll(".", "");
numberString = numberString.replaceAll(",", ".");
BigDecimal bd3 = new BigDecimal(numberString);