Using Realm.io to store money values

Question

I\'m starting to play with Realm.io in an Android app that I\'m writing. In one of my data objects, I\'m required to store a currency value. Previously I had stored the valu

Answer 1

My solution:

Define Interface:

public interface RealmConvert {
   void convertToDB();

   void convertToObj();
}

Define Entity:

@Ignore
private BigDecimal balance;
private String balanceStr;

@Override public void convertToDB() {
  if (getBalance() != null) {
    setBalanceStr(getBalance().toString());
  }
}

@Override public void convertToObj() {
  if (getBalanceStr() != null) {
    setBalance(new BigDecimal(getBalanceStr()));
  }
}

Before you copyToRealm:call method convertToDB

When you need to use the entity: call method convert obj

It's not an elegant solution, but it works.

Christian Melchior's answer doesn't work in my app.