+protected:
+ /**
+ * Format a decimal number.
+ * The number is a DigitList wrapper onto a floating point decimal number.
+ * The default implementation in NumberFormat converts the decimal number
+ * to a double and formats that. Subclasses of NumberFormat that want
+ * to specifically handle big decimal numbers must override this method.
+ * class DecimalFormat does so.
+ *
+ * @param number The number, a DigitList format Decimal Floating Point.
+ * @param appendTo Output parameter to receive result.
+ * Result is appended to existing contents.
+ * @param posIter On return, can be used to iterate over positions
+ * of fields generated by this format call.
+ * @param status Output param filled with success/failure status.
+ * @return Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
+ * @internal
+ */
+ virtual UnicodeString& format(const DigitList &number,
+ UnicodeString& appendTo,
+ FieldPositionIterator* posIter,
+ UErrorCode& status) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Format a decimal number.
+ * The number is a DigitList wrapper onto a floating point decimal number.
+ * The default implementation in NumberFormat converts the decimal number
+ * to a double and formats that. Subclasses of NumberFormat that want
+ * to specifically handle big decimal numbers must override this method.
+ * class DecimalFormat does so.
+ *
+ * @param number The number, a DigitList format Decimal Floating Point.
+ * @param appendTo Output parameter to receive result.
+ * Result is appended to existing contents.
+ * @param pos On input: an alignment field, if desired.
+ * On output: the offsets of the alignment field.
+ * @param status Output param filled with success/failure status.
+ * @return Reference to 'appendTo' parameter.
+ * @internal
+ */
+ virtual UnicodeString& format(const DigitList &number,
+ UnicodeString& appendTo,
+ FieldPosition& pos,
+ UErrorCode& status) const;
+public:
+