Here you can find the source of toBoolean(final Object obj, final boolean defaultValue)
public static boolean toBoolean(final Object obj, final boolean defaultValue)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . j a v a 2 s .c o m * 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 { public static boolean toBoolean(final Object obj, final boolean defaultValue) { boolean result = defaultValue; if (obj != null) { if (obj instanceof Boolean) { result = ((Boolean) obj).booleanValue(); } else { result = Boolean.valueOf(String.valueOf(obj)); } } return result; } }