Android String to Boolean Convert toBoolean(final String value)

Description

Returns true if the given string, when lower-cased, is exactly "true" or "yes".

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	a parameter

Return

true if the given string, when lower-cased, is exactly "true" or "yes", else false.

Declaration

public static boolean toBoolean(final String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the given string, when lower-cased, is
     * exactly "true" or "yes".
     * 
     * @param value
     * @return <code>true</code> if the given string, when lower-cased, is
     *         exactly "true" or "yes", else <code>false</code>.
     */
    public static boolean toBoolean(final String value) {
        if (isEmpty(value)) {
            return false;
        }

        // Specify locale per Android lint suggestions.
        String lc = value.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
        return "true".equals(lc) || "yes".equals(lc);
    }

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the given string is <code>null</code> or
     * empty.
     * 
     * @param str
     * @return <code>true</code> if the given string is <code>null</code> or
     *         empty; <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
        return str == null || str.isEmpty();
    }
}

Related

1. getValueOrDefault(String s, String s1)
2. toBool(String str)
3. getBool(String str, boolean b)
4. toBool(String b)
5. getBooleanValue(String string)
6. isTextBoolean(String texto)