BigDecimal Type

Guideline: Limit decimal values to the range and precision of .NET’s System.decimal.

java.math.BigDecimal maps to xs:decimal. .NET maps xs:decimal to System.decimal. These two data types support different range and precision. java.math.BigDecimal supports arbitrary precision. System.decimal does not. For interoperability use only values within the range and precision of System.decimal. (See System.decimal.Minvalue and System.decimal.Maxvalue.) Any values outside of this range require a customized .NET client.

Example: BigDecimal usage

//--- Java code fragment
public class RetBigDecimal {
    private BigDecimal arg0;

    public BigDecimal getArg0() { return this.arg0; }
    public void setArg0(BigDecimal arg0) { this.arg0 = arg0; }
}

//--- Schema fragment
<xs:complexType name="retBigDecimal">
    <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="arg0" type="xs:decimal" minOccurs="0"/>
    </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

//--- .NET auto generated code from schema
public partial class retBigDecimal{
    private decimal arg0Field;
    private bool arg0FieldSpecified;

    public decimal arg0 {
        get { return this.arg0Field;}
        set { this.arg0Field = value;}
    }

    public bool arg0Specified {
        get { return this.arg0FieldSpecified;}
        set { this.arg0FieldSpecified = value;}
    }
}

//--- C# code fragment
System.CultureInfo engCulture = new System.CultureInfo("en-US");
retBigDecimal bd = new retBigDecimal();
bd.arg0 = System.decimal.MinValue;

retBigDecimal negBd = new retBigDecimal();
negBd = System.decimal.Parse("-0.0", engCulture);