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 Set the format pattern to be used when formatting and parsing numbers.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../jakarta/faces/convert/NumberConverter.html#setTransient-boolean-">setTransient</a></span>(boolean&nbsp;transientFlag)</code>
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 <span class="changed_modified_2_0_rev_a">Denotes</span> whether or not the Object implementing this interface must or
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