Is there a recommended way in Kotlin to validate a...
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Kenneth
02/04/2022, 9:59 AMIs there a recommended way in Kotlin to validate a BigDecimal to confirm with e.g.
totalDigits(10) fractionDigits(3)m
Matteo Mirk
02/11/2022, 10:01 AMNo built-in mechanism in the standard lib exists that I know of… do you need to validate a BD in production code or do you need test assertions?
Matteo Mirk
02/11/2022, 10:07 AMAnyway, BigDecimal provides two methods you could use:
• precision() — The precision is the number of digits in the unscaled value
• scale() — If zero or positive, the scale is the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
so you could define your extensions on BigDecimal to check for those constraints
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