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package java.lang;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Instances of class Boolean
represent primitive
* boolean
values.
*
* @author Paul Fisher
* @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
* @since 1.0
* @status updated to 1.4
*/
public final class Boolean implements Serializable
{
/**
* Compatible with JDK 1.0.2+.
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = -3665804199014368530L;
/**
* This field is a Boolean
object representing the
* primitive value true
. This instance is returned
* by the static valueOf()
methods if they return
* a Boolean
representing true
.
*/
public static final Boolean TRUE = new Boolean(true);
/**
* This field is a Boolean
object representing the
* primitive value false
. This instance is returned
* by the static valueOf()
methods if they return
* a Boolean
representing false
.
*/
public static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
/**
* The primitive type boolean
is represented by this
* Class
object.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
public static final Class TYPE = VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass('Z');
/**
* The immutable value of this Boolean.
* @serial the wrapped value
*/
private final boolean value;
/**
* Create a Boolean
object representing the value of the
* argument value
. In general the use of the static
* method valueof(boolean)
is more efficient since it will
* not create a new object.
*
* @param value the primitive value of this Boolean
* @see #valueOf(boolean)
*/
public Boolean(boolean value)
{
this.value = value;
}
/**
* Creates a Boolean
object representing the primitive
* true
if and only if s
matches
* the string "true" ignoring case, otherwise the object will represent
* the primitive false
. In general the use of the static
* method valueof(String)
is more efficient since it will
* not create a new object.
*
* @param s the String
representation of true
* or false
*/
public Boolean(String s)
{
value = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(s);
}
/**
* Return the primitive boolean
value of this
* Boolean
object.
*
* @return true or false, depending on the value of this Boolean
*/
public boolean booleanValue()
{
return value;
}
/**
* Returns the Boolean TRUE
if the given boolean is
* true
, otherwise it will return the Boolean
* FALSE
.
*
* @param b the boolean to wrap
* @return the wrapper object
* @see #TRUE
* @see #FALSE
* @since 1.4
*/
public static Boolean valueOf(boolean b)
{
return b ? TRUE : FALSE;
}
/**
* Returns the Boolean TRUE
if and only if the given
* String is equal, ignoring case, to the the String "true", otherwise
* it will return the Boolean FALSE
.
*
* @param s the string to convert
* @return a wrapped boolean from the string
*/
public static Boolean valueOf(String s)
{
return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(s) ? TRUE : FALSE;
}
/**
* Returns "true" if the value of the give boolean is true
and
* returns "false" if the value of the given boolean is false
.
*
* @param b the boolean to convert
* @return the string representation of the boolean
* @since 1.4
*/
public static String toString(boolean b)
{
return b ? "true" : "false";
}
/**
* Returns "true" if the value of this object is true
and
* returns "false" if the value of this object is false
.
*
* @return the string representation of this
*/
public String toString()
{
return value ? "true" : "false";
}
/**
* Returns the integer 1231
if this object represents
* the primitive true
and the integer 1237
* otherwise.
*
* @return the hash code
*/
public int hashCode()
{
return value ? 1231 : 1237;
}
/**
* If the obj
is an instance of Boolean
and
* has the same primitive value as this object then true
* is returned. In all other cases, including if the obj
* is null
, false
is returned.
*
* @param obj possibly an instance of any Class
* @return true if obj
equals this
*/
public boolean equals(Object obj)
{
return obj instanceof Boolean && value == ((Boolean) obj).value;
}
/**
* If the value of the system property name
matches
* "true" ignoring case then the function returns true
.
*
* @param name the property name to look up
* @return true if the property resulted in "true"
* @throws SecurityException if accessing the system property is forbidden
* @see System#getProperty(String)
*/
public static boolean getBoolean(String name)
{
if (name == null || "".equals(name))
return false;
return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty(name));
}
}