Here you can find the source of toBoolean(byte[] bytes, int offset)
private static boolean toBoolean(byte[] bytes, int offset)
//package com.java2s; /** I re-ported the (slightly modified) HBase's Bytes code here * to avoid dependencies on HBase in the common package of DML. * The copyright is included.//from ww w . ja v a2 s . c om * * * Copyright 2010 The Apache Software Foundation * * 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. */ public class Main { private static boolean toBoolean(byte[] bytes, int offset) { if (offset >= bytes.length) { throw new RuntimeException("Cannot decode boolean from the buffer"); } return bytes[offset] != (byte) 0; } }