Android String to Boolean Convert getBooleanValue(String string)

Description

Util method for retrieve a boolean primitive type from a String.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean getBooleanValue(String string) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.Vector;

public class Main{
    /**
     * Util method for retrieve a boolean primitive type from a String.
     * Implemented because Boolean class doesn't provide 
     * parseBoolean() method
     */
    public static boolean getBooleanValue(String string) {
        if ((string == null) || string.equals("")) {
            return false;
        } else {
            if (StringUtil.equalsIgnoreCase(string, "true")) {
                return true;
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
    /**
     * This method is missing in CLDC 1.0 String implementation
     */
    public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String string1, 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;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. getValueOrDefault(String s, String s1)
2. toBool(String str)
3. toBoolean(final String value)
4. getBool(String str, boolean b)
5. toBool(String b)
6. isTextBoolean(String texto)
7. parseBoolean(String string)