com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers
Class FloatStringParser

java.lang.Object
  com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser
      com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers.FloatStringParser

public class FloatStringParser

extends StringParser

A StringParser for parsing Floats. The parse() method delegates the actual parsing to new Float(String). If new Float(String) throws a NumberFormatException, it is encapsulated in a ParseException and re-thrown.

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

StringParser, Float

Constructor Summary

FloatStringParser()
Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.FLOAT_PARSER.

Method Summary

static FloatStringParser	getParser() Returns a FloatStringParser.
Object	parse(String arg) Parses the specified argument into a Float.

Methods inherited from class com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser

setUp, tearDown

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FloatStringParser

public FloatStringParser()

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

Creates a new FloatStringParser.

Method Detail

getParser

public static FloatStringParser getParser()

Returns a FloatStringParser.

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

Returns:

a FloatStringParser.

parse

public Object parse(String arg)
             throws ParseException

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

Specified by:

parse in class StringParser

Parameters:

arg - the argument to parse

Returns:

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

Throws:

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

See Also:

Float, StringParser.parse(String)