Java tutorial
public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // Using constructors Boolean b1True = new Boolean(true); Boolean b2True = new Boolean("true"); Boolean b3True = new Boolean("tRuE"); Boolean b4False = new Boolean("false"); Boolean b5False = new Boolean("how is this"); // false // Using the factory methods Boolean b6True = Boolean.valueOf(true); Boolean b7True = Boolean.valueOf("true"); Boolean b8True = Boolean.valueOf("tRuE"); Boolean b9False = Boolean.valueOf("false"); Boolean b10False = Boolean.valueOf("how is this"); // false // Getting a boolean value from a Boolean object boolean bbTrue = b8True.booleanValue(); boolean bTrue = Boolean.parseBoolean("true"); boolean bFalse = Boolean.parseBoolean("This string evaluates to false"); Boolean bcTrue = Boolean.TRUE; Boolean bcFalse = Boolean.FALSE; System.out.println("bcTrue = " + bcTrue); System.out.println("bcFalse = " + bcFalse); } }