Added support for BigDecimal arguments and related test.

2 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/converters/BigDecimalConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/converters/BigDecimalConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd256a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/converters/BigDecimalConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 the original author or authors.
+ * See the notice.md file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.beust.jcommander.converters;
+
+import com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a String to a BigDecimal.
+ *
+ * @author angus
+ */
+public class BigDecimalConverter extends BaseConverter<BigDecimal> {
+
+  public BigDecimalConverter(String optionName) {
+    super(optionName);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BigDecimal convert(String value) {
+    try {
+      return new BigDecimal(value);
+    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+      throw new ParameterException(getErrorString(value, "a BigDecimal"));
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/internal/DefaultConverterFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/internal/DefaultConverterFactory.java
index 26ab0fc..e622722 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/internal/DefaultConverterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/internal/DefaultConverterFactory.java
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ import com.beust.jcommander.converters.LongConverter;
 import com.beust.jcommander.converters.FloatConverter;
 import com.beust.jcommander.converters.DoubleConverter;
 import com.beust.jcommander.converters.StringConverter;
+import com.beust.jcommander.converters.BigDecimalConverter;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class DefaultConverterFactory implements IStringConverterFactory {
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ public class DefaultConverterFactory implements IStringConverterFactory {
     m_classConverters.put(Boolean.class, BooleanConverter.class);
     m_classConverters.put(boolean.class, BooleanConverter.class);
     m_classConverters.put(File.class, FileConverter.class);
+    m_classConverters.put(BigDecimal.class, BigDecimalConverter.class);
   }
 
   public Class<? extends IStringConverter<?>> getConverter(Class forType) {