Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * Parses a String boolean to a Boolean Object * * @param bool String boolean to parse * @param defaultValue Default Boolean if parsing fails * @return A parsed Boolean */ public static boolean parseBool(String bool, boolean defaultValue) { if (bool == null) return defaultValue; if (bool.equalsIgnoreCase("on") || bool.equalsIgnoreCase("true") || bool.equalsIgnoreCase("yes")) return true; if (bool.equalsIgnoreCase("off") || bool.equalsIgnoreCase("false") || bool.equalsIgnoreCase("no")) return false; return defaultValue; } }