Java tutorial
/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ /** * 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 { /** * Converts an Integer to a boolean specifying the conversion values. * * <pre> * BooleanUtils.toBoolean(new Integer(0), new Integer(1), new Integer(0)) = false * BooleanUtils.toBoolean(new Integer(1), new Integer(1), new Integer(0)) = true * BooleanUtils.toBoolean(new Integer(2), new Integer(1), new Integer(2)) = false * BooleanUtils.toBoolean(new Integer(2), new Integer(2), new Integer(0)) = true * BooleanUtils.toBoolean(null, null, new Integer(0)) = true * </pre> * * @param value the Integer to convert * @param trueValue the value to match for <code>true</code>, * may be <code>null</code> * @param falseValue the value to match for <code>false</code>, * may be <code>null</code> * @return <code>true</code> or <code>false</code> * @throws IllegalArgumentException if no match */ public static boolean toBoolean(Integer value, Integer trueValue, Integer falseValue) { if (value == null) { if (trueValue == null) { return true; } else if (falseValue == null) { return false; } } else if (value.equals(trueValue)) { return true; } else if (value.equals(falseValue)) { return false; } // no match throw new IllegalArgumentException("The Integer did not match either specified value"); } }