com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers

Class BigDecimalStringParser

java.lang.Object

com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser

com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers.BigDecimalStringParser

public class BigDecimalStringParser
extends StringParser

A StringParser for parsing BigDecimals. The parse() method delegates the actual parsing to BigDecimal's constructor.

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

StringParser, BigDecimal

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BigDecimalStringParser() Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.BIGDECIMAL_PARSER.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static BigDecimalStringParser	getParser() Returns a BigDecimalStringParser.
Object	parse(String arg) Parses the specified argument into a BigDecimal.

Methods inherited from class com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser

setUp, tearDown

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BigDecimalStringParser

public BigDecimalStringParser()

Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.BIGDECIMAL_PARSER.

Creates a new BigDecimalStringParser.

Method Detail

getParser

public static BigDecimalStringParser getParser()

Returns a BigDecimalStringParser.

Convenient access to the only instance returned by this method is available through JSAP.BIGDECIMAL_PARSER.

Returns:

a BigDecimalStringParser.

parse

public Object parse(String arg)
             throws ParseException

Parses the specified argument into a BigDecimal. This method simply delegates the parsing to new BigDecimal(String). If BigDecimal throws a NumberFormatException, it is encapsulated into a ParseException and re-thrown.

Specified by:

parse in class StringParser

Parameters:

arg - the argument to parse

Returns:

a BigDecimal object with the value contained in the specified argument.

Throws:

ParseException - if new BigDecimal(arg) throws a NumberFormatException.

See Also:

BigDecimal, StringParser.parse(String)