How to use comparison operators like >, =, < on BigDecimal

Question

I have a domain class with unitPrice set as BigDecimal data type. Now I am trying to create a method to compare price but it seems like I can\'t have comparison operators in Big

Answer 1

Here is an example for all six boolean comparison operators (<, ==, >, >=, !=, <=):

BigDecimal big10 = new BigDecimal(10);
BigDecimal big20 = new BigDecimal(20);

System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) < -1);  // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) <= -1); // true
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) == -1); // true
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) >= -1); // true
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) > -1);  // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) != -1); // false

System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) < 0);   // true
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) <= 0);  // true
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) == 0);  // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) >= 0);  // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) > 0);   // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) != 0);  // true

System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) < 1);   // true
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) <= 1);  // true
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) == 1);  // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) >= 1);  // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) > 1);   // false
System.out.println(big10.compareTo(big20) != 1);  // true