ICU-9604 Add documentation to NumberFormat directing users to subclasses for more...

X-SVN-Rev: 32442

diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java
index a3af4fee3cda4997309b272b1d001aa1de510f36..e9b9d72494c586ab092a907b5ddb5e070891d1d4 100644 (file)
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/text/NumberFormat.java
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ import com.ibm.icu.util.UResourceBundle;
  * normal number format. Use <code>getIntegerInstance</code> to get an
  * integer number format. Use <code>getCurrencyInstance</code> to get the
  * currency number format. And use <code>getPercentInstance</code> to get a
- * format for displaying percentages. With this format, a fraction like
+ * format for displaying percentages. Some factory methods are found within
+ * subclasses of NumberFormat. With this format, a fraction like
  * 0.53 is displayed as 53%.
  *
  * <p>