Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Oak Ridge National Laboratory. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html *******************************************************************************/ public class Main { /** @param text Text that should contain true or false * @param default_value Value to use when text is empty * @return Boolean value of text */ public static boolean parseBoolean(final String text, final boolean default_value) { if (text == null || text.isEmpty()) return default_value; return Boolean.parseBoolean(text); } }