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Java : Best way to convert a BigDecimal to BCD bytes

Hi All,

I have a BigDecimal currency value that needs to be converted to a 6 byte BCD value in cents with leading zeros for a lower level protocol I'm interfacing with. Anyone have any cunning implementations for doing this?

TIA, Fred

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