diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java index f54559595a26e..2338cd92ee363 100644 --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java @@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ * *
The {@code BigDecimal} class gives its user complete control * over rounding behavior. If no rounding mode is specified and the - * exact result cannot be represented, an exception is thrown; - * otherwise, calculations can be carried out to a chosen precision - * and rounding mode by supplying an appropriate {@link MathContext} - * object to the operation. In either case, eight rounding - * modes are provided for the control of rounding. Using the - * integer fields in this class (such as {@link #ROUND_HALF_UP}) to - * represent rounding mode is deprecated; the enumeration values - * of the {@code RoundingMode} {@code enum}, (such as {@link - * RoundingMode#HALF_UP}) should be used instead. + * exact result cannot be represented, an {@code ArithmeticException} + * is thrown; otherwise, calculations can be carried out to a chosen + * precision and rounding mode by supplying an appropriate {@link + * MathContext} object to the operation. In either case, eight + * rounding modes are provided for the control of rounding. + * Using the integer fields in this class (such as {@link + * #ROUND_HALF_UP}) to represent rounding mode is deprecated; the + * enumeration values of the {@code RoundingMode} {@code enum}, (such + * as {@link RoundingMode#HALF_UP}) should be used instead. * *
When a {@code MathContext} object is supplied with a precision * setting of 0 (for example, {@link MathContext#UNLIMITED}), @@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ * the exact result has more digits (perhaps infinitely many in the * case of division and square root) than the number of digits returned. * - * First, the - * total number of digits to return is specified by the + * First, the total number of digits to return is specified by the * {@code MathContext}'s {@code precision} setting; this determines * the result's precision. The digit count starts from the * leftmost nonzero digit of the exact result. The rounding mode @@ -194,6 +193,11 @@ * {@code BigDecimal} created from the operand by moving the decimal * point a specified distance in the specified direction. * + *
As a 32-bit integer, the set of values for the scale is large, + * but bounded. If the scale of a result would exceed the range of a + * 32-bit integer, either by overflow or underflow, the operation may + * throw an {@code ArithmeticException}. + * *
For the sake of brevity and clarity, pseudo-code is used * throughout the descriptions of {@code BigDecimal} methods. The * pseudo-code expression {@code (i + j)} is shorthand for "a @@ -208,7 +212,6 @@ * {@code BigDecimal} value; for example [19, 2] is the * {@code BigDecimal} numerically equal to 0.19 having a scale of 2. * - * *
All methods and constructors for this class throw * {@code NullPointerException} when passed a {@code null} object * reference for any input parameter.