BooleanConverter

Description

The BooleanConverter class allows you to convert different values into boolean values using the following rules:

• Numbers: <>0 are true, =0 are false

• Strings: “true”, “yes”, “T”, “Y”, “1” are true; “false”, “no”, “F”, “N” are false

• DateTime: <>0 total milliseconds are true, =0 are false

Static methods

toBoolean

Converts a value into a boolean or returns false when conversion is not possible.

public static boolean toBoolean(Object value)

• value: Object - value to convert.
• returns: boolean - boolean value or false when the conversion is not supported.

toBooleanWithDefault

Converts a value into a boolean or returns a given default value when the conversion is not possible

public static boolean toBooleanWithDefault(Object value, boolean defaultValue)

• value: Object - value to convert.
• defaultValue: boolean - default value
• returns: boolean - boolean value or given default when the conversion is not supported.

toNullableBoolean

Converts a value into boolean or returns null when the conversion is not possible.

public static Boolean toNullableBoolean(Object value)

• value: Object - value to convert.
• returns: Boolean - boolean value or null when the convertion is not supported.

Examples

 {
  boolean value1 = BooleanConverter.toNullableBoolean(true); // true
  boolean value2 = BooleanConverter.toNullableBoolean("yes"); // true
  boolean value3 = BooleanConverter.toNullableBoolean(1); // true
  boolean value4 = BooleanConverter.toNullableBoolean({}); // null
  }