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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