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--- a/libjava/java/lang/Boolean.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/Boolean.java
@@ -1,100 +1,177 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation
+/* Boolean.java -- object wrapper for boolean
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- This file is part of libgcj.
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
-This software is copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
-Libgcj License. Please consult the file "LIBGCJ_LICENSE" for
-details. */
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
+
+
package java.lang;
import java.io.Serializable;
-
+
/**
- * @author Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com>
- * @date September 3, 1998.
- */
-/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
- * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
- * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
- * Status: Believed complete and correct.
- */
-
-public final class Boolean extends Object implements Serializable
+ * Instances of class <code>Boolean</code> represent primitive
+ * <code>boolean</code> values.
+ *
+ * @author Paul Fisher
+ * @since JDK1.0
+ */
+public final class Boolean implements Serializable
{
- public static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
- public static final Boolean TRUE = new Boolean(true);
-
- // This initialization is seemingly circular, but it is accepted
- // by javac, and is handled specially by gcc.
- public static final Class TYPE = boolean.class;
-
- /* The boolean value of the instance. */
- private boolean value;
-
- private static final long serialVersionUID = -3665804199014368530L;
-
- public Boolean(boolean boolVal)
- {
- value = boolVal;
- }
-
- public Boolean(String strVal)
- {
- value = (strVal == null ? false : strVal.equalsIgnoreCase("true"));
- }
-
- public boolean booleanValue()
- {
- return value;
- }
-
- public boolean equals(Object obj)
- {
- /* Don't need to compare obj to null as instanceof will do this. */
- if (obj instanceof Boolean)
- return value == ((Boolean) obj).value;
- return false;
- }
-
- public static boolean getBoolean(String property)
- {
- /* TBD: If a security manager exists and it doesn't permit accessing
- * the property, it will throw an exception. Should we catch it?
+ static final long serialVersionUID = -3665804199014368530L;
+
+ /**
+ * This field is a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the
+ * primitive value <code>true</code>. This instance is returned
+ * by the static <code>valueOf()</code> methods if they return
+ * a <code>Boolean</code> representing <code>true</code>.
+ */
+ public static final Boolean TRUE = new Boolean(true);
+
+ /**
+ * This field is a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the
+ * primitive value <code>false</code>. This instance is returned
+ * by the static <code>valueOf()</code> methods if they return
+ * a <code>Boolean</code> representing <code>false</code>.
+ */
+ public static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
+
+ /**
+ * The primitive type <code>boolean</code> is represented by this
+ * <code>Class</code> object.
+ */
+ public static final Class TYPE = VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass("boolean");
+
+ /**
+ * The immutable value of this Boolean.
+ */
+ private final boolean value;
+
+ /**
+ * Create a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the value of the
+ * argument <code>value</code>. In general the use of the static
+ * method <code>valueof(boolean)</code> is more efficient since it will
+ * not create a new object.
+ *
+ * @param value the primitive value of this <code>Boolean</code>
+ */
+ public Boolean(boolean value) {
+ this.value = value;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the primitive
+ * <code>true</code> if and only if <code>s</code> matches
+ * the string "true" ignoring case, otherwise the object will represent
+ * the primitive <code>false</code>. In general the use of the static
+ * method <code>valueof(String)</code> is more efficient since it will
+ * not create a new object.
+ *
+ * @param s the <code>String</code> representation of <code>true</code>
+ * or false
*/
- try
- {
- String val = System.getProperty(property);
- return val == null ? false : val.equalsIgnoreCase("true");
- }
- catch (SecurityException e)
- {
- return false;
- }
- }
-
- public int hashCode()
- {
- /* These values are from the Java Lang. Spec. (Sec 20.4.7).
- * TBD: They could be made private static final fields but they're only
- * used here (and shouldn't be used anywhere else), though it might be
- * useful to grep on something like JAVA_HASH_* values for us as
- * developers.
+ public Boolean(String s) {
+ value = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(s);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return the primitive <code>boolean</code> value of this
+ * <code>Boolean</code> object.
+ */
+ public boolean booleanValue() {
+ return value;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the Boolean <code>TRUE</code> if the given boolean is
+ * <code>true</code>, otherwise it will return the Boolean
+ * <code>FALSE</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+ public static Boolean valueOf(boolean b) {
+ return b ? TRUE : FALSE;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the Boolean <code>TRUE</code> if and only if the given
+ * String is equal, ignoring case, to the the String "true", otherwise
+ * it will return the Boolean <code>FALSE</code>.
+ */
+ public static Boolean valueOf(String s) {
+ return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(s) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the integer <code>1231</code> if this object represents
+ * the primitive <code>true</code> and the integer <code>1237</code>
+ * otherwise.
+ */
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return (value) ? 1231 : 1237;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * If the <code>obj</code> is an instance of <code>Boolean</code> and
+ * has the same primitive value as this object then <code>true</code>
+ * is returned. In all other cases, including if the <code>obj</code>
+ * is <code>null</code>, <code>false</code> is returned.
+ *
+ * @param obj possibly an instance of any <code>Class</code>
+ * @return <code>false</code> is <code>obj</code> is an instance of
+ * <code>Boolean</code> and has the same primitive value as this
+ * object.
+ */
+ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+ return (obj instanceof Boolean && value == ((Boolean)obj).value);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * If the value of the system property <code>name</code> matches
+ * "true" ignoring case then the function returns <code>true</code>.
+ */
+ public static boolean getBoolean(String name) {
+ String val = System.getProperty(name);
+ return ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(val));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns "true" if the value of the give boolean is <code>true</code> and
+ * returns "false" if the value of the given boolean is <code>false</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+ public static String toString(boolean b)
+ {
+ return b ? "true" : "false";
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns "true" if the value of this object is <code>true</code> and
+ * returns "false" if the value of this object is <code>false</code>.
*/
- return value ? 1231 : 1237;
- }
-
- public String toString()
- {
- return value ? "true" : "false";
- }
-
- public static Boolean valueOf(String str)
- {
- if (str == null)
- return FALSE;
- else
- /* This returns a Boolean (big B), not a boolean (little b). */
- return str.equalsIgnoreCase("true") ? TRUE : FALSE;
- }
+ public String toString()
+ {
+ return (value) ? "true" : "false";
+ }
}