BigDecimal how to use?

Question

Lets say ItemImpl takes in "int ItemId, String name, BigDecimal price"

How do I put a BigDecimal number in the input of this?

Item item = new ItemImpl(5, "Hockey Stick", BigDecimal(1.5));

Also what's the point of BigDecimal?

this post can help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3413448/double-vs-bigdecimal — Ibo, Nov 03 '17 at 03:25

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '17 at 03:19

Item item = new ItemImpl(5, "Hockey Stick", new BigDecimal("1.5"));

Best practice is to use a String due to precision issues

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '17 at 03:35

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The point of BigDecimal is that it offers better precision than double and it also solves round-off errors.

answered Nov 03 '17 at 03:35

Judger

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