Package com.yahoo.text

Class BooleanParser

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.text.BooleanParser

public class BooleanParser
extends Object

Utility class parsing a string into a boolean. In contrast to Boolean.parseBoolean in the Java API this parser is strict.

Author:

bratseth

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BooleanParser()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	parseBoolean(String s)	Returns true if the input string is case insensitive equal to "true" and false if it is case insensitive equal to "false".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

BooleanParser

public BooleanParser()

Method Details

parseBoolean

public static boolean parseBoolean(String s)

Returns true if the input string is case insensitive equal to "true" and false if it is case insensitive equal to "false". In any other case an exception is thrown.

Parameters:

s - the string to parse

Returns:

true if s is "true", false if it is "false"

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if s is not null but neither "true" or "false"

NullPointerException - if s is null