import java.math.BigDecimal; 

public class BigDecimalTest { 
public static void main(String[] args) { 

//This works as expected - we can parse maxScale with new BigDecimal(String) 
BigDecimal maxScale = new BigDecimal("1E+2147483647"); 
System.out.println(maxScale.toString() + ", unscaled value " + maxScale.unscaledValue() + ", scale " + maxScale.scale()); 
BigDecimal parseMaxScale = new BigDecimal(maxScale.toString()); 

//This fails - aboveMaxScale is represented as "10" with maximum scale, so 
//produces an exponent above maximum scale when printed, and this can't be parsed. 
BigDecimal aboveMaxScale = maxScale.multiply(new BigDecimal(10)); 
System.out.println(aboveMaxScale.toString() + ", unscaled value " + aboveMaxScale.unscaledValue() + ", scale " + aboveMaxScale.scale()); 
BigDecimal parseAboveMaxScale = new BigDecimal(aboveMaxScale.toString()); 
} 
}