If you want to exclude the upper and lower bounds, use "{}".
	</dd>
	<dt>Boost</dt>
	<dd>
		To boost a term use the "^" symbol with a boost factor (a number) at
		the end of the term you are searching.
		<pre>Fess^100</pre>
	</dd>
	<dt>Fuzzy</dt>
	<dd>
		To do a fuzzy search use the "~" symbol at the end of a single word
		term. For example to search for a term similar in spelling to "Fess"
		use the fuzzy search:

    }

    private static DecimalFormatSymbols getDecimalFormatSymbols(final Locale locale) {
        DecimalFormatSymbols symbol;
        if (locale != null) {
            symbol = DecimalFormatSymbolsUtil.getDecimalFormatSymbols(locale);
        } else {
            symbol = DecimalFormatSymbolsUtil.getDecimalFormatSymbols();
        }
        return symbol;
    }

        assertArgumentNotNull("locale", locale);

        DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = CACHE.get(locale);
        if (symbols == null) {
            symbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols(locale);
            CACHE.put(locale, symbols);
        }
        return symbols;
    }

     */
    public void testGetDecimalFormatSymbols() throws Exception {
        final DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = DecimalFormatSymbolsUtil.getDecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.GERMAN);
        System.out.println("DecimalSeparator:" + symbols.getDecimalSeparator());
        System.out.println("GroupingSeparator:" + symbols.getGroupingSeparator());
    }

        if (s == null) {
            return null;
        }
        final DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = DecimalFormatSymbolsUtil.getDecimalFormatSymbols(locale);
        final char decimalSep = symbols.getDecimalSeparator();
        final char groupingSep = symbols.getGroupingSeparator();
        final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(20);
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {