Java decimal formatting using String.format?

Yes you can do it with String.format:

String result = String.format("%.2f", 10.0 / 3.0);
// result:  "3.33"

result = String.format("%.3f", 2.5);
// result:  "2.500"

java.text.NumberFormat is probably what you want.

You want java.text.DecimalFormat.

DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.00##");
String result = df.format(34.4959);

Here is a small code snippet that does the job:

double a = 34.51234;

NumberFormat df = DecimalFormat.getInstance();
df.setMinimumFractionDigits(2);
df.setMaximumFractionDigits(4);
df.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.DOWN);

System.out.println(df.format(a));