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Java BigDecimal.scale() is a method in the Java BigDecimal class that returns the scale of the BigDecimal, which represents the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. This is crucial for handling and maintaining the precision of decimal values in financial or scientific computations. Introduced in Java 2004 with Java 5, scale() is often used for formatting or adjusting the precision of BigDecimal values.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html