Class BigIntegerStringParser

java.lang.Object

com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser

com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers.BigIntegerStringParser

public class BigIntegerStringParser
extends StringParser

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

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

• StringParser
• BigInteger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BigIntegerStringParser()	Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.BIGINTEGER_PARSER.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class StringParser

setUp, tearDown

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

BigIntegerStringParser

public BigIntegerStringParser()

Deprecated.

Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.BIGINTEGER_PARSER.

Creates a new BigIntegerStringParser.

Method Details

getParser

public static BigIntegerStringParser getParser()

Returns a BigIntegerStringParser.

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

Returns:

a BigIntegerStringParser.

parse

public Object parse(String arg)
             throws ParseException

Parses the specified argument into a BigInteger. This method simply delegates the parsing to new BigInteger(String). If BigInteger 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 BigInteger object with the value contained in the specified argument.

Throws:

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

See Also:

• BigInteger
• StringParser.parse(String)