Here you can find the source of toBoolean(Object property, boolean defaultValue)
public static boolean toBoolean(Object property, boolean defaultValue)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from ww w. j av a2 s .c o m*/ * Licensed to the Sakai Foundation (SF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The SF 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(Object property, boolean defaultValue) { if (property == null) { return defaultValue; } return Boolean.parseBoolean(String.valueOf(property)); } }