xdoclet.util

Class TypeConversionUtil


public final class TypeConversionUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Version:
$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:
Ara Abrahamian (ara_e@email.com)

created
Oct 15, 2001

Method Summary

static boolean
stringToBoolean(String in, boolean defaultValue)
A utility method for converting a string to a boolean.

Method Details

stringToBoolean

public static boolean stringToBoolean(String in,
                                      boolean defaultValue)
A utility method for converting a string to a boolean. "yes", "no", "true", "false", "1", "0", "on" and "off" are valid values for a boolean string (ignoring case). If not one of then then the value of defaultValue parameter is returned.

Parameters:
in - The String to convert
defaultValue - Description of Parameter

Returns:
true or false