Can BigDecimal be null?
Accordingly, can BigDecimal be empty?
You either never allow null values in database, application or view and initialize everything with new BigDecimal(0) or perform null checks on every usage for nullable values.
Moreover, how do I use BigDecimal?
Using a BigDecimal implies that you should: Create new BigDecimal variables, using the constructor. In order to add a BigDecimal to another BigDecimal, use add(BigDecimal augend) API method, that returns a BigDecimal whose value is (this + augend), and whose scale is max(this. scale(), augend.
BigDecimal toString() Method in Java with Examples A standard canonical string form of the BigDecimal is created by converting the absolute value of the unscaled value of BigDecimal in base ten using the characters '0' through '9' with no leading zeros except when the value is 0, then single character '0' is used.