title: How do I convert a String to Double in GWT using a specific locale?
body: <p>In java this is easy to do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.FRENCH);
  myNumber = nf.parse(myString);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I can't seem to do the same thing in GWT. First I incorporated the locale in MyModule.gwt.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;inherits name="com.google.gwt.i18n.I18N"/&gt;
  &lt;extend-property name="locale" values="sl_SI"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>There also exists the NumberFormat class: com.google.gwt.i18n.client.NumberFormat;
  which uses the "default" locale. Default here means a fixed locale that is very similar to "en_US" and not default chosen by the browser or application.</p>
  
  <p>It seems there is no way to set the NumberFormat to accept a different locale. Quite frankly, I dont see any point then.</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something?</p>