2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 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 f2975d9..092db3e 100755
--- a/cli/source/core/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtility.scala
+++ b/cli/source/core/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtility.scala
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package org.hashtree.stringmetric.cli
 
-import scala.math.BigDecimal
+import scala.math.{ BigDecimal, BigInt }
 
 /** Utility standalone for parse based operations. */
 object ParseUtility {
 	def parseBigDecimal(string: String): Option[BigDecimal] = try { Some(BigDecimal(string)) } catch { case _ => None }
 
+	def parseBigInt(string: String): Option[BigInt] = try { Some(BigInt(string)) } catch { case _ => None }
+
 	def parseDouble(string: String): Option[Double] = try { Some(string.toDouble) } catch { case _ => None }
 
 	def parseFloat(string: String): Option[Float] = try { Some(string.toFloat) } catch { case _ => None }
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 f265c54..a7b4adc 100755
--- a/cli/source/test/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtilitySpec.scala
+++ b/cli/source/test/scala/org/hashtree/stringmetric/cli/ParseUtilitySpec.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package org.hashtree.stringmetric.cli
 import org.hashtree.stringmetric.ScalaTest
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-import scala.math.BigDecimal
+import scala.math.{ BigDecimal, BigInt }
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class ParseUtilitySpec extends ScalaTest {
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ final class ParseUtilitySpec extends ScalaTest {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		"parseBigInt method" when passed {
+			"invalid argument" should returns {
+				"None" in {
+					ParseUtility.parseBigInt("one").isDefined should be (false)
+				}
+			}
+			"valid argument" should returns {
+				"Some(BigInt)" in {
+					ParseUtility.parseBigInt("1").get should equal (1: BigInt)
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		"parseDouble method" when passed {
 			"invalid argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {