--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/importer/common/AbstractParser.java	Sun Apr 08 18:09:32 2018 +0200
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/importer/common/AbstractParser.java	Mon Apr 09 09:07:00 2018 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.LineNumberReader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -262,6 +263,13 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Parses a number string as a BigDecimal, replacing a comma with a dot first
+     */
+    public static BigDecimal parseDecimal(final String text) throws NumberFormatException {
+        return new BigDecimal(text.replace(',', '.'));
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Gets the class's logger
      */
     protected abstract Logger getLog();