Performs an xor on a set of booleans. : Boolean « Data Type « Java Tutorial






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/**
 * Operations on boolean primitives and Boolean objects.
 *
 * This class tries to handle <code>null</code> input gracefully.
 * An exception will not be thrown for a <code>null</code> input.
 * Each method documents its behaviour in more detail.
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Matthew Hawthorne
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @since 2.0
 * @version $Id: BooleanUtils.java 589050 2007-10-27 05:07:45Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * Performs an xor on a set of booleans.
   *
   * <pre>
   *   BooleanUtils.xor(new boolean[] { true, true })   = false
   *   BooleanUtils.xor(new boolean[] { false, false }) = false
   *   BooleanUtils.xor(new boolean[] { true, false })  = true
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param array  an array of <code>boolean<code>s
   * @return <code>true</code> if the xor is successful.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>array</code> is <code>null</code>
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>array</code> is empty.
   */
  public static boolean xor(boolean[] array) {
      // Validates input
      if (array == null) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("The Array must not be null");
      } else if (array.length == 0) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array is empty");
      }

      // Loops through array, comparing each item
      int trueCount = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
          // If item is true, and trueCount is < 1, increments count
          // Else, xor fails
          if (array[i]) {
              if (trueCount < 1) {
                  trueCount++;
              } else {
                  return false;
              }
          }
      }

      // Returns true if there was exactly 1 true item
      return trueCount == 1;
  }
  /**
   * Performs an xor on an array of Booleans.
   * 
   * <pre>
   *   BooleanUtils.xor(new Boolean[] { Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.TRUE })   = Boolean.FALSE
   *   BooleanUtils.xor(new Boolean[] { Boolean.FALSE, Boolean.FALSE }) = Boolean.FALSE
   *   BooleanUtils.xor(new Boolean[] { Boolean.TRUE, Boolean.FALSE })  = Boolean.TRUE
   * </pre>
   *
   * @param array  an array of <code>Boolean<code>s
   * @return <code>true</code> if the xor is successful.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>array</code> is <code>null</code>
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>array</code> is empty.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>array</code> contains a <code>null</code>
   */
  public static Boolean xor(Boolean[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("The Array must not be null");
      } else if (array.length == 0) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array is empty");
      }
      boolean[] primitive = null;
      try {
          primitive = toPrimitive(array);
      } catch (NullPointerException ex) {
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("The array must not contain any null elements");
      }
      return xor(primitive) ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
  }
  /**
   * Converts an array of object Booleans to primitives.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  a <code>Boolean</code> array, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return a <code>boolean</code> array, <code>null</code> if null array input
   * @throws NullPointerException if array content is <code>null</code>
   */
  public static boolean[] toPrimitive(Boolean[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      } else if (array.length == 0) {
          return new boolean[0];
      }
      final boolean[] result = new boolean[array.length];
      for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
          result[i] = array[i].booleanValue();
      }
      return result;
  }
}








2.2.Boolean
2.2.1.java.lang.Boolean
2.2.2.Java boolean value
2.2.3.Boolean Data Type
2.2.4.Boolean Literals
2.2.5.Boolean Variables
2.2.6.Using the boolean type
2.2.7.valueOf(): parse a String to a Boolean object
2.2.8.toString(): return the string representation of a boolean
2.2.9.Convert String to Boolean
2.2.10.Convert Boolean to String
2.2.11.Convert Java boolean Primitive to Boolean object
2.2.12.Convert Java String Object to Boolean Object
2.2.13.Create an Boolean object from boolean value
2.2.14.Compare Two Java boolean Arrays Example
2.2.15.Convert integer to boolean
2.2.16.Convert boolean to integer
2.2.17.Convert boolean value to Boolean
2.2.18.Create a boolean variable from string
2.2.19.Autoboxing/unboxing a Boolean and Character.
2.2.20.Converts a String to a Boolean.
2.2.21.Converts a boolean to a String returning 'yes' or 'no'
2.2.22.Converts an Integer to a boolean specifying the conversion values.
2.2.23.Converts an int to a boolean specifying the conversion values.
2.2.24.Performs an xor on a set of booleans.