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## com.sleepycat.bind.tuple
Class BigDecimalBinding

    java.lang.Object
      com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase<E>
          com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBinding<BigDecimal>
              com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.BigDecimalBinding

All Implemented Interfaces:
  EntryBinding<BigDecimal>

    public class BigDecimalBinding

extends TupleBinding<BigDecimal>

A concrete `TupleBinding` for an unsorted `BigDecimal` value.

There are two ways to use this class:

1. When using the `com.sleepycat.db` package directly, the static methods in this class can be used to convert between primitive values and `DatabaseEntry` objects.
2. When using the `com.sleepycat.collections` package, an instance of this class can be used with any stored collection.

See Also:
  BigDecimal Formats

Constructor Summary
`BigDecimalBinding()`

Method Summary
`static void` `bigDecimalToEntry(BigDecimal val, DatabaseEntry entry)` Converts a `BigDecimal` value into an entry buffer.
`static BigDecimal` `entryToBigDecimal(DatabaseEntry entry)` Converts an entry buffer into a `BigDecimal` value.
`BigDecimal` `entryToObject(TupleInput input)` Constructs a key or data object from a `TupleInput` entry.
`protected TupleOutput` `getTupleOutput(BigDecimal object)` Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple binding or key creator.
`void` `objectToEntry(BigDecimal object, TupleOutput output)` Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.

Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBinding
`entryToObject, getPrimitiveBinding, objectToEntry`

Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase
`entryToInput, getTupleBufferSize, inputToEntry, newOutput, newOutput, outputToEntry, setTupleBufferSize`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### BigDecimalBinding

    public BigDecimalBinding()

Method Detail

### entryToObject

    public BigDecimal entryToObject(TupleInput input)

  Description copied from class: `TupleBinding`
  Constructs a key or data object from a `TupleInput` entry.

  Specified by:
    `entryToObject` in class `TupleBinding<BigDecimal>`
  Parameters:
    `input` - is the tuple key or data entry.
  Returns:
    the key or data object constructed from the entry.

### objectToEntry

    public void objectToEntry(BigDecimal object,
                              TupleOutput output)

  Description copied from class: `TupleBinding`
  Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.

  Specified by:
    `objectToEntry` in class `TupleBinding<BigDecimal>`
  Parameters:
    `object` - is the key or data object.
    `output` - is the tuple entry to which the key or data should be written.

### getTupleOutput

    protected TupleOutput getTupleOutput(BigDecimal object)

  Description copied from class: `TupleBase`
  Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple binding or key creator.

  The default implementation of this method creates a new TupleOutput with an initial buffer size that can be changed using the `TupleBase.setTupleBufferSize(int)` method.

  This method may be overridden to return a TupleOutput instance. For example, an instance per thread could be created and returned by this method. If a TupleOutput instance is reused, be sure to call its `FastOutputStream.reset()` method before each use.

  Overrides:
    `getTupleOutput` in class `TupleBase<BigDecimal>`
  Parameters:
    `object` - is the object to be written to the tuple output, and may be used by subclasses to determine the size of the output buffer.
  Returns:
    an empty TupleOutput instance.
  See Also:
    `TupleBase.setTupleBufferSize(int)`

### entryToBigDecimal

    public static BigDecimal entryToBigDecimal(DatabaseEntry entry)

  Converts an entry buffer into a `BigDecimal` value.

  Parameters:
    `entry` - is the source entry buffer.
  Returns:
    the resulting value.

### bigDecimalToEntry

    public static void bigDecimalToEntry(BigDecimal val,
                                         DatabaseEntry entry)

  Converts a `BigDecimal` value into an entry buffer.

  Parameters:
    `val` - is the source value.
    `entry` - is the destination entry buffer.

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