org.bitcoinj.core

Interface Monetary

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Coin, Fiat

public interface Monetary
extends Serializable

Classes implementing this interface represent a monetary value, such as a Bitcoin or fiat amount.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getValue() Returns the number of "smallest units" of this monetary value.
int	signum()
int	smallestUnitExponent() Returns the absolute value of exponent of the value of a "smallest unit" in scientific notation.

Method Detail

smallestUnitExponent

int smallestUnitExponent()

Returns the absolute value of exponent of the value of a "smallest unit" in scientific notation. For Bitcoin, a satoshi is worth 1E-8 so this would be 8.

getValue

long getValue()

Returns the number of "smallest units" of this monetary value. For Bitcoin, this would be the number of satoshis.

signum

int signum()