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diff --git a/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java b/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java
index 7e2a167..31a50c9 100644
--- a/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java
+++ b/forester/java/src/org/forester/util/CommandLineArguments.java
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ public final class CommandLineArguments {
         return getOptionValue( option_name ).replaceAll( "\"", "" ).replaceAll( "\'", "" );
     }
 
+    public char getOptionValueAsChar( final String option_name ) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        return getOptionValue( option_name ).charAt( 0 );
+    }
+
     public double getOptionValueAsDouble( final String option_name ) throws IOException {
         double d = -Double.MAX_VALUE;
         try {