    All Packages  Class Hierarchy  This Package  Previous  Next  Index

# Class java.math.BigDecimal

    java.lang.Object
       |
       +----java.lang.Number
               |
               +----java.math.BigDecimal

public class BigDecimal
extends Number

Immutable, arbitrary-precision signed decimal numbers. A BigDecimal consists of an arbitrary precision integer value and a non-negative integer scale, which represents the number of decimal digits to the right of the decimal point. (The number represented by the BigDecimal is intVal/10**scale.) BigDecimals provide operations for basic arithmetic, scale manipulation, comparison, format conversion and hashing.

The BigDecimal class gives its user complete control over rounding behavior, forcing the user to explicitly specify a rounding behavior for operations capable of discarding precision (divide and setScale). Eight rounding modes are provided for this purpose. Two types of operations are provided for manipulating the scale of a BigDecimal: scaling/rounding operations and decimal point motion operations. Scaling/Rounding operations (SetScale) return a BigDecimal whose value is approximately (or exactly) equal to that of the operand, but whose scale is the specified value; that is, they increase or decrease the precision of the number with minimal effect on its value. Decimal point motion operations (movePointLeft and movePointRight) return a BigDecimal created from the operand by moving the decimal point a specified distance in the specified direction; that is, they change a number's value without affecting its precision.

See Also:
  BigInteger

##

ROUND_CEILING
  If the BigDecimal is positive, behave as for ROUND_UP; if negative, behave as for ROUND_DOWN.
ROUND_DOWN
  Never increment the digit prior to a discarded fraction (i.e., truncate).
ROUND_FLOOR
  If the BigDecimal is positive, behave as for ROUND_DOWN; if negative behave as for ROUND_UP.
ROUND_HALF_DOWN
  Behave as for ROUND_UP if the discarded fraction is > .5; otherwise, behave as for ROUND_DOWN.
ROUND_HALF_EVEN
  Behave as for ROUND_HALF_UP if the digit to the left of the discarded fraction is odd; behave as for ROUND_HALF_DOWN if it's even.
ROUND_HALF_UP
  Behave as for ROUND_UP if the discarded fraction is >= .5; otherwise, behave as for ROUND_DOWN.
ROUND_UNNECESSARY
  This "pseudo-rounding-mode" is actually an assertion that the requested operation has an exact result, hence no rounding is necessary.
ROUND_UP
  Always increment the digit prior to a non-zero discarded fraction.

##

BigDecimal(BigInteger)
  Translates a BigInteger into a BigDecimal.
BigDecimal(BigInteger, int)
  Translates a BigInteger and a scale into a BigDecimal.
BigDecimal(double)
  Translates a double into a BigDecimal.
BigDecimal(String)
  Constructs a BigDecimal from a string containing an optional minus sign followed by a sequence of zero or more decimal digits, optionally followed by a fraction, which consists of a decimal point followed by zero or more decimal digits.

##

abs()
  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is the absolute value of this number, and whose scale is this.scale().
add(BigDecimal)
  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this + val), and whose scale is MAX(this.scale(), val.scale).
compareTo(BigDecimal)
  Returns -1, 0 or 1 as this number is less than, equal to, or greater than val.
divide(BigDecimal, int)
  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this / val), and whose scale is this.scale().
divide(BigDecimal, int, int)
  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this / val), and whose scale is as specified.
doubleValue()
  Converts the number to a double.
equals(Object)
  Returns true iff x is a BigDecimal whose value is equal to this number.
floatValue()
  Converts this number to a float.
hashCode()
  Computes a hash code for this object.
intValue()
  Converts this number to an int.
longValue()
  Converts this number to a long.
max(BigDecimal)
  Returns the BigDecimal whose value is the greater of this and val.
min(BigDecimal)
  Returns the BigDecimal whose value is the lesser of this and val.
movePointLeft(int)
  Returns a BigDecimal which is equivalent to this one with the decimal point moved n places to the left.
movePointRight(int)
  Moves the decimal point the specified number of places to the right.
multiply(BigDecimal)
  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this * val), and whose scale is this.scale() + val.scale.
negate()
  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is -1 * this, and whose scale is this.scale().
scale()
  Returns the scale of this number.
setScale(int)
  Returns a BigDecimal whose scale is the specified value, and whose value is exactly equal to this number's.
setScale(int, int)
  Returns a BigDecimal whose scale is the specified value, and whose integer value is determined by multiplying or dividing this BigDecimal's integer value by the appropriate power of ten to maintain the overall value.
signum()
  Returns the signum function of this number (i.e., -1, 0 or 1 as the value of this number is negative, zero or positive).
subtract(BigDecimal)
  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this - val), and whose scale is MAX(this.scale(), val.scale).
toBigInteger()
  Converts this number to a BigInteger.
toString()
  Returns the string representation of this number.
valueOf(long)
  Returns a BigDecimal with the given value and a scale of zero.
valueOf(long, int)
  Returns a BigDecimal with a value of (val/10**scale).

##

ROUND_UP

     public static final int ROUND_UP

  Always increment the digit prior to a non-zero discarded fraction. Note that this rounding mode never decreases the magnitude. (Rounds away from zero.)

ROUND_DOWN

     public static final int ROUND_DOWN

  Never increment the digit prior to a discarded fraction (i.e., truncate). Note that this rounding mode never increases the magnitude. (Rounds towards zero.)

ROUND_CEILING

     public static final int ROUND_CEILING

  If the BigDecimal is positive, behave as for ROUND_UP; if negative, behave as for ROUND_DOWN. Note that this rounding mode never decreases the value. (Rounds towards positive infinity.)

ROUND_FLOOR

     public static final int ROUND_FLOOR

  If the BigDecimal is positive, behave as for ROUND_DOWN; if negative behave as for ROUND_UP. Note that this rounding mode never increases the value. (Rounds towards negative infinity.)

ROUND_HALF_UP

     public static final int ROUND_HALF_UP

  Behave as for ROUND_UP if the discarded fraction is >= .5; otherwise, behave as for ROUND_DOWN. (Rounds towards "nearest neighbor" unless both neighbors are equidistant, in which case rounds up.)

ROUND_HALF_DOWN

     public static final int ROUND_HALF_DOWN

  Behave as for ROUND_UP if the discarded fraction is > .5; otherwise, behave as for ROUND_DOWN. (Rounds towards "nearest neighbor" unless both neighbors are equidistant, in which case rounds down.)

ROUND_HALF_EVEN

     public static final int ROUND_HALF_EVEN

  Behave as for ROUND_HALF_UP if the digit to the left of the discarded fraction is odd; behave as for ROUND_HALF_DOWN if it's even. (Rounds towards the "nearest neighbor" unless both neighbors are equidistant, in which case, rounds towards the even neighbor.)

ROUND_UNNECESSARY

     public static final int ROUND_UNNECESSARY

  This "pseudo-rounding-mode" is actually an assertion that the requested operation has an exact result, hence no rounding is necessary. If this rounding mode is specified on an operation that yields an inexact result, an arithmetic exception is thrown.

##

BigDecimal

     public BigDecimal(String val) throws NumberFormatException

  Constructs a BigDecimal from a string containing an optional minus sign followed by a sequence of zero or more decimal digits, optionally followed by a fraction, which consists of a decimal point followed by zero or more decimal digits. The string must contain at least one digit in the integer or fractional part. The scale of the resulting BigDecimal will be the number of digits to the right of the decimal point in the string, or 0 if the string contains no decimal point. The character-to-digit mapping is provided by Character.digit. Any extraneous characters (including whitespace) will result in a NumberFormatException.

BigDecimal

     public BigDecimal(double val) throws NumberFormatException

  Translates a double into a BigDecimal. The scale of the BigDecimal is the smallest value such that (10**scale * val) is an integer. A double whose value is -infinity, +infinity or NaN will result in a NumberFormatException.

BigDecimal

     public BigDecimal(BigInteger val)

  Translates a BigInteger into a BigDecimal. The scale of the BigDecimal is zero.

BigDecimal

     public BigDecimal(BigInteger val,
                       int scale) throws NumberFormatException

  Translates a BigInteger and a scale into a BigDecimal. The value of the BigDecimal is (BigInteger/10**scale). A negative scale will result in a NumberFormatException.

##

valueOf

     public static BigDecimal valueOf(long val,
                                      int scale) throws NumberFormatException

  Returns a BigDecimal with a value of (val/10**scale). This factory is provided in preference to a (long) constructor because it allows for reuse of frequently used BigDecimals (like 0 and 1), obviating the need for exported constants. A negative scale will result in a NumberFormatException.

valueOf

     public static BigDecimal valueOf(long val)

  Returns a BigDecimal with the given value and a scale of zero. This factory is provided in preference to a (long) constructor because it allows for reuse of frequently used BigDecimals (like 0 and 1), obviating the need for exported constants.

add

     public BigDecimal add(BigDecimal val)

  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this + val), and whose scale is MAX(this.scale(), val.scale).

subtract

     public BigDecimal subtract(BigDecimal val)

  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this - val), and whose scale is MAX(this.scale(), val.scale).

multiply

     public BigDecimal multiply(BigDecimal val)

  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this * val), and whose scale is this.scale() + val.scale.

divide

     public BigDecimal divide(BigDecimal val,
                              int scale,
                              int roundingMode) throws ArithmeticException, IllegalArgumentException

  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this / val), and whose scale is as specified. If rounding must be performed to generate a result with the given scale, the specified rounding mode is applied. Throws an ArithmeticException if val == 0, scale < 0, or the rounding mode is ROUND_UNNECESSARY and the specified scale is insufficient to represent the result of the division exactly. Throws an IllegalArgumentException if roundingMode does not represent a valid rounding mode.

divide

     public BigDecimal divide(BigDecimal val,
                              int roundingMode) throws ArithmeticException, IllegalArgumentException

  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this / val), and whose scale is this.scale(). If rounding must be performed to generate a result with the given scale, the specified rounding mode is applied. Throws an ArithmeticException if val == 0. Throws an IllegalArgumentException if roundingMode does not represent a valid rounding mode.

abs

     public BigDecimal abs()

  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is the absolute value of this number, and whose scale is this.scale().

negate

     public BigDecimal negate()

  Returns a BigDecimal whose value is -1 * this, and whose scale is this.scale().

signum

     public int signum()

  Returns the signum function of this number (i.e., -1, 0 or 1 as the value of this number is negative, zero or positive).

scale

     public int scale()

  Returns the scale of this number.

setScale

     public BigDecimal setScale(int scale,
                                int roundingMode) throws ArithmeticException, IllegalArgumentException

  Returns a BigDecimal whose scale is the specified value, and whose integer value is determined by multiplying or dividing this BigDecimal's integer value by the appropriate power of ten to maintain the overall value. If the scale is reduced by the operation, the integer value must be divided (rather than multiplied), and precision may be lost; in this case, the specified rounding mode is applied to the division. Throws an ArithmeticException if scale is negative, or the rounding mode is ROUND_UNNECESSARY and it is impossible to perform the specified scaling operation without loss of precision. Throws an IllegalArgumentException if roundingMode does not represent a valid rounding mode.

setScale

     public BigDecimal setScale(int scale) throws ArithmeticException, IllegalArgumentException

  Returns a BigDecimal whose scale is the specified value, and whose value is exactly equal to this number's. Throws an ArithmeticException if this is not possible. This call is typically used to increase the scale, in which case it is guaranteed that there exists a BigDecimal of the specified scale and the correct value. The call can also be used to reduce the scale if the caller knows that the number has sufficiently many zeros at the end of its fractional part (i.e., factors of ten in its integer value) to allow for the rescaling without loss of precision. Note that this call returns the same result as the two argument version of setScale, but saves the caller the trouble of specifying a rounding mode in cases where it is irrelevant.

movePointLeft

     public BigDecimal movePointLeft(int n)

  Returns a BigDecimal which is equivalent to this one with the decimal point moved n places to the left. If n is non-negative, the call merely adds n to the scale. If n is negative, the call is equivalent to movePointRight(-n). (The BigDecimal returned by this call has value (this * 10**-n) and scale MAX(this.scale()+n, 0).)

movePointRight

     public BigDecimal movePointRight(int n)

  Moves the decimal point the specified number of places to the right. If this number's scale is >= n, the call merely subtracts n from the scale; otherwise, it sets the scale to zero, and multiplies the integer value by 10 ** (n - this.scale). If n is negative, the call is equivalent to movePointLeft(-n). (The BigDecimal returned by this call has value (this * 10**n) and scale MAX(this.scale()-n, 0).)

compareTo

     public int compareTo(BigDecimal val)

  Returns -1, 0 or 1 as this number is less than, equal to, or greater than val. Two BigDecimals that are equal in value but have a different scale (e.g., 2.0, 2.00) are considered equal by this method. This method is provided in preference to individual methods for each of the six boolean comparison operators (<, ==, >, >=, !=, <=). The suggested idiom for performing these comparisons is: (x.compareTo(y) <op> 0), where <op> is one of the six comparison operators.

equals

     public boolean equals(Object x)

  Returns true iff x is a BigDecimal whose value is equal to this number. This method is provided so that BigDecimals can be used as hash keys. Unlike compareTo, this method considers two BigDecimals equal only if they are equal in value and scale.

  Overrides:
    equals in class Object

min

     public BigDecimal min(BigDecimal val)

  Returns the BigDecimal whose value is the lesser of this and val. If the values are equal (as defined by the compareTo operator), either may be returned.

max

     public BigDecimal max(BigDecimal val)

  Returns the BigDecimal whose value is the greater of this and val. If the values are equal (as defined by the compareTo operator), either may be returned.

hashCode

     public int hashCode()

  Computes a hash code for this object. Note that two BigDecimals that are numerically equal but differ in scale (e.g., 2.0, 2.00) will not generally have the same hash code.

  Overrides:
    hashCode in class Object

toString

     public String toString()

  Returns the string representation of this number. The digit-to- character mapping provided by Character.forDigit is used. The minus sign and decimal point are used to indicate sign and scale. (This representation is compatible with the (String, int) constructor.)

  Overrides:
    toString in class Object

toBigInteger

     public BigInteger toBigInteger()

  Converts this number to a BigInteger. Standard narrowing primitive conversion as per The Java Language Specification. In particular, note that any fractional part of this number will be truncated.

intValue

     public int intValue()

  Converts this number to an int. Standard narrowing primitive conversion as per The Java Language Specification. In particular, note that any fractional part of this number will be truncated.

  Overrides:
    intValue in class Number

longValue

     public long longValue()

  Converts this number to a long. Standard narrowing primitive conversion as per The Java Language Specification. In particular, note that any fractional part of this number will be truncated.

  Overrides:
    longValue in class Number

floatValue

     public float floatValue()

  Converts this number to a float. Similar to the double-to-float narrowing primitive conversion defined in The Java Language Specification: if the number has too great a magnitude to represent as a float, it will be converted to infinity or negative infinity, as appropriate.

  Overrides:
    floatValue in class Number

doubleValue

     public double doubleValue()

  Converts the number to a double. Similar to the double-to-float narrowing primitive conversion defined in The Java Language Specification: if the number has too great a magnitude to represent as a double, it will be converted to infinity or negative infinity, as appropriate.

  Overrides:
    doubleValue in class Number

    All Packages  Class Hierarchy  This Package  Previous  Next  Index

Submit a bug or feature - Version 1.1.8 of Java Platform API Specification
Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the US and other countries.
Copyright 1995-1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road,
Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.