BigDecimal - am I missing something obvious?

[Dorcas Rebanha]

I have the following code:

BigDecimal smallPercent = new BigDecimal (20.2);
EquipmentContributionDeclaration anEquiContDecl =
new EquipmentContributionDeclaration();
anEquiContDecl.setContributionPercentage(smallPercent);
System.out.println(anEquiContDecl.getContributionPercentage().toString());

Where contributionPercentage is an attribute of type BigDecimal in the EquipmentContributionDeclaration class.

It seems like the getter and setter should work in the usual way, but the result of the println is 0. Just plain 0.

Is there something mysterious or esoteric about BigDecimal that I am missing?

Thanks.

Dorcas

[Paul Clapham]

Originally posted by Dorcas Rebanha:
It seems like the getter and setter should work in the usual way

You would think so. But the mystery is more likely to be in the details of the getter and setter. Have a look there first.

[Dorcas Rebanha]

Thanks. Others on my team narrowed it down to a mysterious problem with the setter. It's not my job to pursue that problem, but others will do so.

Dorcas