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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/java/lang/Boolean.java b/libjava/classpath/java/lang/Boolean.java
index 902c93b..2399252 100644
--- a/libjava/classpath/java/lang/Boolean.java
+++ b/libjava/classpath/java/lang/Boolean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Boolean.java -- object wrapper for boolean
- Copyright (C) 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Classpath.
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
* @author Paul Fisher
* @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
* @since 1.0
- * @status updated to 1.4
+ * @status updated to 1.5
*/
-public final class Boolean implements Serializable
+public final class Boolean implements Serializable, Comparable
{
/**
* Compatible with JDK 1.0.2+.
@@ -223,34 +223,37 @@ public final class Boolean implements Serializable
}
/**
- * If the String argument is "true", ignoring case, return true.
- * Otherwise, return false.
+ * Compares this Boolean to another.
*
- * @param b String to parse
+ * @param other the Boolean to compare this Boolean to
+ * @return 0 if both Booleans represent the same value, a positive number
+ * if this Boolean represents true and the other false, and a negative
+ * number otherwise.
* @since 1.5
*/
- public static boolean parseBoolean(String b)
+ public int compareTo(Boolean other)
{
- return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(b) ? true : false;
+ return value == other.value ? 0 : (value ? 1 : -1);
}
-
+
/**
- * Compares this Boolean to another.
- * @param b the Boolean to compare this Boolean to
- * @return 0 if both Booleans represent the same value, a positive number
- * if this Boolean represents true and b represents false, or a negative
- * number otherwise.
+ * Bridge method
+ */
+ public int compareTo(Object other)
+ {
+ return compareTo((Boolean)other);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * If the String argument is "true", ignoring case, return true.
+ * Otherwise, return false.
+ *
+ * @param b String to parse
* @since 1.5
*/
- public int compareTo (Boolean b)
+ public static boolean parseBoolean(String b)
{
- if (b == null)
- throw new NullPointerException("argument passed to compareTo(Boolean) cannot be null");
-
- if (this.value == b.value)
- return 0;
- if (this.value == true)
- return 1;
- return -1;
+ return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(b) ? true : false;
}
+
}