Added support for Java NIO Paths

2 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/converters/PathConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/converters/PathConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcd5b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/converters/PathConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * 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.IStringConverter;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+/**
+ * Convert a string into a path.
+ * 
+ * @author samvv
+ */
+public class PathConverter implements IStringConverter<Path> {
+
+  public Path convert(String value) {
+    return Paths.get(value);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/args/ArgsConverter.java b/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/args/ArgsConverter.java
index 315abdc..677cf9b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/args/ArgsConverter.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/args/ArgsConverter.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package com.beust.jcommander.args;
 
 import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
 import com.beust.jcommander.converters.FileConverter;
+import com.beust.jcommander.converters.PathConverter;
 import com.beust.jcommander.converters.URIConverter;
 import com.beust.jcommander.converters.URLConverter;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class ArgsConverter {
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ public class ArgsConverter {
   @Parameter(names = "-uri", converter = URIConverter.class)
   public URI uri;
   
+  @Parameter(names = "-path", converter = PathConverter.class)
+  public Path path;
+  
   @Parameter(names = "-listStrings")
   public List<String> listStrings;