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mujeeb
mujeeb

Reputation: 71

not able to convert bigdecimal to string in java

Here is the java code 

usageType = (String) c.getSrcValue("USAGETYPE");

c is a arraylist. I populate it with this field from DB. "USAGETYPE" NUMBER(*,0),

I get the following error 

java.lang.ClassCastException: java.math.BigDecimal cannot be cast to String

Can you please help me out

Upvotes: 5

Views: 25433

Answers (2)

Tushar Tarkas
Tushar Tarkas

Reputation: 1622

Simply write

usageType = c.getSrcValue("USAGETYPE").toString();

or

usageType = ""+c.getSrcValue("USAGETYPE");

Upvotes: 6

Joey
Joey

Reputation: 354854

Well, you cannot convert an object to a string by casting. Not in Java, in any case.

Try

usageType = c.getSrcValue("USAGETYPE").toString();

That is, if you actually need it as a string, which smells a little dubious in the first place. Usually the only place where numbers are needed as strings is the UI and you've got appropriate other places to do that conversion, normally (e.g. CellRenderers in Swing).

Upvotes: 10

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