Here you can find the source of toPrimitiveBoolean(Object o)
public static boolean toPrimitiveBoolean(Object o)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j av a 2 s. c o m*/ * Copyright 2015-2016 the original author or authors. * * Licensed 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 toPrimitiveBoolean(Object o) { Boolean b = toBoolean(o); if (b != null) { return b.booleanValue(); } return false; } public static Boolean toBoolean(Object obj) { // similar with DfTypeUtil.toBoolean() if (obj == null) { return (Boolean) obj; } else if (obj instanceof Boolean) { return (Boolean) obj; } else if (obj instanceof Number) { final int num = ((Number) obj).intValue(); if (num == 1) { return Boolean.TRUE; } else if (num == 0) { return Boolean.FALSE; } else { String msg = "Failed to parse the boolean number: number=" + num; throw new IllegalStateException(msg); } } else if (obj instanceof String) { final String str = (String) obj; if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(str)) { return Boolean.TRUE; } else if ("false".equalsIgnoreCase(str)) { return Boolean.FALSE; } else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("1")) { return Boolean.TRUE; } else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("0")) { return Boolean.FALSE; } else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("t")) { return Boolean.TRUE; } else if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("f")) { return Boolean.FALSE; } else { String msg = "Failed to parse the boolean string:"; msg = msg + " value=" + str; throw new IllegalStateException(msg); } } else { return Boolean.FALSE; // couldn't parse } } }