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+/**
+ * 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 Smithson
+ */
+public class BigDecimalConverter extends BaseConverter<BigDecimal> {
+
+  public BigDecimalConverter(String optionName) {
+    super(optionName);
+  }
+
+  public BigDecimal convert(String value) {
+    try {
+      return new BigDecimal(value);
+    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+      throw new ParameterException(getErrorString(value, "a BigDecimal"));
+    }
+  }
+}