Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { /** * Gets the boolean property from the properties object. * @param key the key of the boolean property * @param properties the properties object to get the property from * @return the property value, false if the property does not exist */ public static boolean getBoolean(String key, Properties properties) { return getBoolean(key, false, properties); } /** * Gets the boolean property from the properties object. * @param key the key of the boolean property * @param defaultValue the default value if the property doesn't exist * @param properties the properties object to get the property from * @return the property value, defaultValue if the property doesn't exist */ public static boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue, Properties properties) { if (properties.containsKey(key)) { return Boolean.valueOf(properties.getProperty(key, "false")); } else { return defaultValue; } } }