code: public static String compactDecimal(final Number value)
      {
          NumberFormat fmt = context.get().getCompactDecimalFormat();
          return fmt.format(value);
      }
docs: <p>
  Same as {@link #compactDecimal(Number, CompactStyle) compactDecimal} but
  defaults to SHORT compact style.
  </p>
  
  @param value
  The number to be abbreviated
  @return a compact textual representation of the given value