Change java locale settings

Question

Is it possible somehow change java locale settings like currency symbol or decimal separator. I mean not from java program, but using java configuration files or environment variables?

Answer 1

Not sure if that can be done, but why do you want to change them anyways? That's what locale is all about. I believe you need to just figure out a correct locale to work with.

If you need a decimal to be written as a comma ( , ) use the Locale.GERMAN instead of going and chainging the decimal separator of Locale.CHINESE .

Answer 2

Set the user.language and user.country java system properties.

For example, to use the German locale, start java with -Duser.language=de -Duser.country=DE