2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cli/source/core/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtility.scala b/cli/source/core/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtility.scala
index 94f22c6..f2975d9 100755
--- a/cli/source/core/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtility.scala
+++ b/cli/source/core/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtility.scala
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ object ParseUtility {
 	def parseFloat(string: String): Option[Float] = try { Some(string.toFloat) } catch { case _ => None }
 
 	def parseInt(string: String): Option[Int] = try { Some(string.toInt) } catch { case _ => None }
+
+	def parseLong(string: String): Option[Long] = try { Some(string.toLong) } catch { case _ => None }
+
+	def parseShort(string: String): Option[Short] = try { Some(string.toShort) } catch { case _ => None }
 }
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diff --git a/cli/source/test/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtilitySpec.scala b/cli/source/test/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtilitySpec.scala
index 686f3da..f265c54 100755
--- a/cli/source/test/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtilitySpec.scala
+++ b/cli/source/test/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtilitySpec.scala
@@ -56,5 +56,29 @@ final class ParseUtilitySpec extends ScalaTest {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		"parseLong method" when passed {
+			"invalid argument" should returns {
+				"None" in {
+					ParseUtility.parseLong("one").isDefined should be (false)
+				}
+			}
+			"valid argument" should returns {
+				"Some(Long)" in {
+					ParseUtility.parseLong("1").get should be (1l)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		"parseShort method" when passed {
+			"invalid argument" should returns {
+				"None" in {
+					ParseUtility.parseShort("one").isDefined should be (false)
+				}
+			}
+			"valid argument" should returns {
+				"Some(Short)" in {
+					ParseUtility.parseShort("1").get should equal (1: Short)
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
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