diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParser.java b/src/main/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParser.java
index 25d1c5f..083e774 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParser.java
@@ -128,6 +128,21 @@ class VersionParser implements Parser<Version> {
                 return true;
             }
         };
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the type for a given character.
+         *
+         * @param chr the character to get the type for
+         * @return the type of the specified character
+         */
+        static CharType forCharacter(Character chr) {
+            for (CharType type : values()) {
+                if (type.isMatchedBy(chr)) {
+                    return type;
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParserCharTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParserCharTypeTest.java
index 4eb4d0d..147819e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParserCharTypeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/zafarkhaja/semver/VersionParserCharTypeTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 package com.github.zafarkhaja.semver;
 
+import com.github.zafarkhaja.semver.VersionParser.CharType;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import static com.github.zafarkhaja.semver.VersionParser.CharType.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@@ -88,4 +89,15 @@ public class VersionParserCharTypeTest {
         assertFalse(ILLEGAL.isMatchedBy('a'));
         assertFalse(ILLEGAL.isMatchedBy('0'));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnCharTypeForCharacter() {
+        assertEquals(DIGIT,   CharType.forCharacter('1'));
+        assertEquals(LETTER,  CharType.forCharacter('a'));
+        assertEquals(DOT,     CharType.forCharacter('.'));
+        assertEquals(HYPHEN,  CharType.forCharacter('-'));
+        assertEquals(PLUS,    CharType.forCharacter('+'));
+        assertEquals(EOL,     CharType.forCharacter(null));
+        assertEquals(ILLEGAL, CharType.forCharacter('!'));
+    }
 }