Problems with XMLEncoder and BigDecimal

[Cory Musselman]

I am trying to use XMLEncoder to encode a bean class that uses
BigDecimal, since BigDecimal doesn't have a default constructor I get
the errors below when I call:
Are they ways to work around this problem?

XMLEncoder e = new XMLEncoder(new BufferedOutputStream(new
FileOutputStream("Test2.xml)));
e.writeObject(o); //
e.close();

java.lang.InstantiationException: java.math.BigDecimal
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java.lang.RuntimeException: failed to evaluate:
<unbound>=BigDecimal.new();
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java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
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