diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/NumberFormatter.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/NumberFormatter.java
index 76f4246..d1f9fab 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/NumberFormatter.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/NumberFormatter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.onosproject.ui.table.cell;
 
+import org.onosproject.ui.table.CellFormatter;
+
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 
@@ -24,17 +26,35 @@
  */
 public final class NumberFormatter extends AbstractCellFormatter {
 
+    private static final String FMT_INTEGER = "#,##0";
+    private static final String FMT_5DP = "#,##0.00000";
+
+
     private final NumberFormat format;
 
     /**
-     * Creates a formatter using a default decimal format.
+     * Creates a formatter using the default format (no decimal places).
+     * For example
+     * <pre>
+     *     12345 formatted as "12,345"
+     * </pre>
      */
     public NumberFormatter() {
-        this(new DecimalFormat("#,##0.00000"));
+        this(FMT_INTEGER);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a formatter using the specified format.
+     * Creates a formatter using a {@link DecimalFormat} configured with the
+     * given format string.
+     *
+     * @param decimalFormat the format string
+     */
+    public NumberFormatter(String decimalFormat) {
+        this(new DecimalFormat(decimalFormat));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a formatter using the specified {@link NumberFormat}.
      *
      * @param format number format
      */
@@ -47,4 +67,23 @@
         return format.format(value);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * An instance of this class that formats as integers (no decimal places).
+     * For example
+     * <pre>
+     *     12345 formatted as "12,345"
+     * </pre>
+     */
+    public static final CellFormatter INTEGER = new NumberFormatter();
+
+    /**
+     * An instance of this class that formats to 5 decimal places.
+     * For example
+     * <pre>
+     *     12.3 formatted as "12.30000"
+     *     1234 formatted as "1,234.00000"
+     * </pre>
+     */
+    public static final CellFormatter TO_5DP = new NumberFormatter(FMT_5DP);
+
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/NumberFormatterTest.java b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/NumberFormatterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2432977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/api/src/test/java/org/onosproject/ui/table/cell/NumberFormatterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.ui.table.cell;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onosproject.ui.table.CellFormatter;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link NumberFormatter}.
+ */
+public class NumberFormatterTest {
+
+
+    private CellFormatter f5dp = NumberFormatter.TO_5DP;
+    private CellFormatter fInt = NumberFormatter.INTEGER;
+
+    @Test
+    public void defaultNullValue() {
+        assertEquals("default null value", "", f5dp.format(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void defaultZero() {
+        assertEquals("default zero", "0.00000", f5dp.format(0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void defaultFifty() {
+        assertEquals("default fifty", "50.00000", f5dp.format(50));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void default2G() {
+        assertEquals("default 2G", "2,000.00000", f5dp.format(2000));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void integerNullValue() {
+        assertEquals("integer null value", "", fInt.format(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void integerZero() {
+        assertEquals("integer zero", "0", fInt.format(0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void integerFifty() {
+        assertEquals("integer fifty", "50", fInt.format(50));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void integer2G() {
+        assertEquals("integer 2G", "2,000", fInt.format(2000));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void integer5M() {
+        assertEquals("integer 5M", "5,000,042", fInt.format(5000042));
+    }
+
+}