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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Map a decimal value column (suitable for financial computations) to an attribute
+ * internally in PHP such numbers are represented as string. Should you want to perform
+ * a calculation on them, it is recommended to use the BC Math functions in order to
+ * retain the precision
+ *
+ * @package     iTopORM
+ */
+class AttributeDecimal extends AttributeDBField
+{
+    const SEARCH_WIDGET_TYPE = self::SEARCH_WIDGET_TYPE_NUMERIC;
+
+    /**
+     * Useless constructor, but if not present PHP 7.4.0/7.4.1 is crashing :( (N°2329)
+     *
+     * @see https://www.php.net/manual/fr/language.oop5.decon.php states that child constructor can be ommited
+     * @see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79010 bug solved in PHP 7.4.9
+     *
+     * @param string $sCode
+     * @param array $aParams
+     *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     * @noinspection SenselessProxyMethodInspection
+     */
+    public function __construct($sCode, $aParams)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($sCode, $aParams);
+    }
+
+    public static function ListExpectedParams()
+    {
+        return array_merge(parent::ListExpectedParams(), array('digits', 'decimals' /* including precision */));
+    }
+
+    public function GetEditClass()
+    {
+        return "String";
+    }
+
+    protected function GetSQLCol($bFullSpec = false)
+    {
+        return "DECIMAL(" . $this->Get('digits') . "," . $this->Get('decimals') . ")" . ($bFullSpec ? $this->GetSQLColSpec() : '');
+    }
+
+    public function GetValidationPattern()
+    {
+        $iNbDigits = $this->Get('digits');
+        $iPrecision = $this->Get('decimals');
+        $iNbIntegerDigits = $iNbDigits - $iPrecision;
+
+        return "^[\-\+]?\d{1,$iNbIntegerDigits}(\.\d{0,$iPrecision})?$";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     * @since 3.2.0
+     */
+    public function CheckFormat($value)
+    {
+        $sRegExp = $this->GetValidationPattern();
+        return preg_match("/$sRegExp/", $value);
+    }
+
+    public function GetBasicFilterOperators()
+    {
+        return array(
+            "!=" => "differs from",
+            "=" => "equals",
+            ">" => "greater (strict) than",
+            ">=" => "greater than",
+            "<" => "less (strict) than",
+            "<=" => "less than",
+            "in" => "in"
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function GetBasicFilterLooseOperator()
+    {
+        // Unless we implement an "equals approximately..." or "same order of magnitude"
+        return "=";
+    }
+
+    public function GetBasicFilterSQLExpr($sOpCode, $value)
+    {
+        $sQValue = CMDBSource::Quote($value);
+        switch ($sOpCode) {
+            case '!=':
+                return $this->GetSQLExpr() . " != $sQValue";
+                break;
+            case '>':
+                return $this->GetSQLExpr() . " > $sQValue";
+                break;
+            case '>=':
+                return $this->GetSQLExpr() . " >= $sQValue";
+                break;
+            case '<':
+                return $this->GetSQLExpr() . " < $sQValue";
+                break;
+            case '<=':
+                return $this->GetSQLExpr() . " <= $sQValue";
+                break;
+            case 'in':
+                if (!is_array($value)) {
+                    throw new CoreException("Expected an array for argument value (sOpCode='$sOpCode')");
+                }
+
+                return $this->GetSQLExpr() . " IN ('" . implode("', '", $value) . "')";
+                break;
+
+            case '=':
+            default:
+                return $this->GetSQLExpr() . " = \"$value\"";
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function GetNullValue()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public function IsNull($proposedValue)
+    {
+        return is_null($proposedValue);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function HasAValue($proposedValue): bool
+    {
+        return utils::IsNotNullOrEmptyString($proposedValue);
+    }
+
+    public function MakeRealValue($proposedValue, $oHostObj)
+    {
+        if (is_null($proposedValue)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if ($proposedValue === '') {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->ScalarToSQL($proposedValue);
+    }
+
+    public function ScalarToSQL($value)
+    {
+        assert(is_null($value) || preg_match('/' . $this->GetValidationPattern() . '/', $value));
+
+        if (!is_null($value) && ($value !== '')) {
+            $value = sprintf("%1." . $this->Get('decimals') . "F", $value);
+        }
+        return $value; // null or string
+    }
+}
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