Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source * Copyright 2005, JBoss Inc., and individual contributors as indicated * by the @authors tag. See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a * full listing of individual contributors. * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ public class Main { public static Boolean parseBooleanValue(String valueText) { if (valueText != null) { // if we have to check for value true if ("true".equals(valueText) || "enabled".equals(valueText) || "on".equals(valueText)) { return Boolean.TRUE; } if ("false".equals(valueText) || "disabled".equals(valueText) || "off".equals(valueText)) { return Boolean.FALSE; } } return null; } }