| Number | ChoiceFormat. parse(String text,
     ParsePosition status) | Parses a Number from the input text. | 
| abstract Date | DateFormat. parse(String source,
     ParsePosition pos) | Parse a date/time string according to the given parse position. | 
| Number | DecimalFormat. parse(String text,
     ParsePosition pos) | Parses text from a string to produce a Number. | 
| Object[] | MessageFormat. parse(String source,
     ParsePosition pos) | Parses the string. | 
| 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. | 
| Date | SimpleDateFormat. parse(String text,
     ParsePosition pos) | Parses text from a string to produce a Date. | 
| Object | DateFormat. parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | Parses text from a string to produce a Date. | 
| abstract Object | Format. parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | Parses text from a string to produce an object. | 
| Object | MessageFormat. parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | Parses text from a string to produce an object array. | 
| Object | NumberFormat. parseObject(String source,
           ParsePosition pos) | Parses text from a string to produce a Number. |