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Retrieve a boolean primitive type from a String.

    
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//package com.funambol.util;

import java.util.Vector;

/**
 * Utility class useful when dealing with string objects. This class is a
 * collection of static functions, and the usage is:
 * 
 * StringUtil.method()
 * 
 * it is not allowed to create instances of this class
 */
public class StringUtil {

  private static final String HT = "\t";
  private static final String CRLF = "\r\n";

  /**
   * This method is missing in CLDC 1.0 String implementation
   */
  public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(final String string1,
      final String string2) {
    // Strings are both null, return true
    if (string1 == null && string2 == null)
      return true;
    // One of the two is null, return false
    if (string1 == null || string2 == null)
      return false;
    // Both are not null, compare the lowercase strings
    if ((string1.toLowerCase()).equals(string2.toLowerCase()))
      return true;
    else
      return false;
  }

  /**
   * Util method for retrieve a boolean primitive type from a String.
   * Implemented because Boolean class doesn't provide parseBoolean() method
   */
  public static boolean getBooleanValue(final String string) {
    if ((string == null) || string.equals(""))
      return false;
    else if (StringUtil.equalsIgnoreCase(string, "true"))
      return true;
    else
      return false;
  }

}

   
    
    
    
  








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