com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers
Class ShortStringParser

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

public class ShortStringParser

extends StringParser

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

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

StringParser, BigDecimal

Constructor Summary

ShortStringParser()
Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.SHORT_PARSER.

Method Summary

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

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

ShortStringParser

public ShortStringParser()

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

Creates a new ShortStringParser.

Method Detail

getParser

public static ShortStringParser getParser()

Returns a ShortStringParser.

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

Returns:

a ShortStringParser.

parse

public Object parse(String arg)
             throws ParseException

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

Throws:

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

See Also:

Short, StringParser.parse(String)