Java Convert BigDecimal value into short value

In this Java core tutorial we learn how to convert a java.math.BigDecimal object to a short value in Java programming language.

How to convert BigDecimal to short in Java

In Java, with a given BigDecimal object we can use the java.math.BigDecimal.shortValue() method to convert it to a short value as the following example Java code.

BigDecimalShortValueExamples.java

package simplesolution.dev;

import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class BigDecimalShortValueExamples {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        BigDecimal bigDecimal = new BigDecimal("9.01");

        short shortValue = bigDecimal.shortValue();

        System.out.println(bigDecimal);
        System.out.println(shortValue);
    }
}