how to convert integer to bigdecimal in java

Question

I want to create a method that caculates multiplication an integer and a bigdecimal. I search on google and forums nothing I found.

import java.math.BigDecim         


        

Answer 1

These methods from the Java API will be helpful.

public BigDecimal multiply​(BigDecimal multiplicand)

Returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this × multiplicand), and whose scale is (this.scale() + multiplicand.scale()).

Parameters: multiplicand - value to be multiplied by this BigDecimal. Returns: this * multiplicand

public BigDecimal​(int val)

Translates an int into a BigDecimal. The scale of the BigDecimal is zero.

Parameters: val - int value to be converted to BigDecimal.