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public enum class: RoundingMode [javadoc | source]
java.lang.Enum
   java.math.RoundingMode
Specifies a rounding behavior for numerical operations capable of discarding precision. Each rounding mode indicates how the least significant returned digit of a rounded result is to be calculated. If fewer digits are returned than the digits needed to represent the exact numerical result, the discarded digits will be referred to as the discarded fraction regardless the digits' contribution to the value of the number. In other words, considered as a numerical value, the discarded fraction could have an absolute value greater than one.

Each rounding mode description includes a table listing how different two-digit decimal values would round to a one digit decimal value under the rounding mode in question. The result column in the tables could be gotten by creating a {@code BigDecimal} number with the specified value, forming a MathContext object with the proper settings ({@code precision} set to {@code 1}, and the {@code roundingMode} set to the rounding mode in question), and calling round on this number with the proper {@code MathContext}. A summary table showing the results of these rounding operations for all rounding modes appears below.

Summary of Rounding Operations Under Different Rounding Modes

Result of rounding input to one digit with the given rounding mode
Input Number {@code UP} {@code DOWN} {@code CEILING} {@code FLOOR} {@code HALF_UP} {@code HALF_DOWN} {@code HALF_EVEN} {@code UNNECESSARY}
5.5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
2.5 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
1.6 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
1.1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-1.0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
-1.1 -2 -1 -1 -2 -1 -1 -1 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
-1.6 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
-2.5 -3 -2 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
-5.5 -6 -5 -5 -6 -6 -5 -6 throw {@code ArithmeticException}

This {@code enum} is intended to replace the integer-based enumeration of rounding mode constants in BigDecimal (BigDecimal#ROUND_UP , BigDecimal#ROUND_DOWN , etc. ).

Field Summary
final  int oldMode    Rounding mode to assert that the requested operation has an exact result, hence no rounding is necessary. If this rounding mode is specified on an operation that yields an inexact result, an {@code ArithmeticException} is thrown.

Example:
Input Number Input rounded to one digit
with {@code UNNECESSARY} rounding
5.5 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
2.5 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
1.6 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
1.1 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
1.0 1
-1.0 -1
-1.1 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
-1.6 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
-2.5 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
-5.5 throw {@code ArithmeticException}
 

Method from java.math.RoundingMode Summary:
valueOf
Method from java.math.RoundingMode Detail:
 public static RoundingMode valueOf(int rm) 
    Returns the {@code RoundingMode} object corresponding to a legacy integer rounding mode constant in BigDecimal .