How do I convert a variable of type Money to type BigDecimal in Java?
BigDecimal big = BigDecimal.valueOf(money);
Doesn't work.
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1`BigDecimal big = money.getAmount();`? (referring to this: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13166_01/alcs/docs51/javadoc/com/elasticpath/domain/misc/Money.html) – Alexis C. Feb 14 '14 at 22:41
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9What "Money" type? – maerics Feb 14 '14 at 22:41
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possible duplicate of [How to print formatted BigDecimal values?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3395825/how-to-print-formatted-bigdecimal-values) – demongolem Feb 14 '14 at 22:46
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3What do you mean by "doesn't work"? – mbroshi Feb 14 '14 at 22:47
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Why the down-votes, so I know for future reference? – user3037540 Feb 14 '14 at 22:57
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1@user3037540 Because you didn't say what doesn't work (although in this case it's pretty obvious), you didn't specify what kind of variable `Money` is, and it appears you didn't read the documentation for the `Money` class. – chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- Feb 14 '14 at 23:06
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Please update your Q to reflect the which `Money` type you are referring to in the Q. – xlm Feb 15 '14 at 00:13
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If Money type is the one as suggested by Alexis C. in a comment above, from the Javadoc:
getAmount
java.math.BigDecimal getAmount()
Get the amount of money as a BigDecimal.
Returns: the BigDecimal amount
So you should just call BigDecimal big = money.getAmount();
Otherwise if Money is a of a different type or your own custom class then to construct BigDecimal representation you need to call the appropriate BigDecimal constructor with the relevant money amount.
Simple example:
// Assume getAmount() returns a numerical primitive type i.e. int, double, long
BigDecimal big = new BigDecimal(money.getAmount());
There are a lot of different constructors so please see the BigDecimal javadoc.
