com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers
Class LongStringParser

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

public class LongStringParser

extends StringParser

A StringParser for parsing Longs. The parse() method delegates the actual parsing to Long.decode(String).

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

StringParser, Long

Constructor Summary

LongStringParser()
Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.LONG_PARSER.

Method Summary

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

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

LongStringParser

public LongStringParser()

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

Creates a new LongStringParser.

Method Detail

getParser

public static LongStringParser getParser()

Returns a LongStringParser.

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

Returns:

a LongStringParser.

parse

public Object parse(String arg)
             throws ParseException

Parses the specified argument into a Long. This method delegates the parsing to Long.decode(arg). If Long.decode() 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 Long object with the value contained in the specified argument.

Throws:

ParseException - if Long.decode(arg) throws a NumberFormatException.

See Also:

Long, StringParser.parse(String)