xdoclet.util
Class TypeConversionUtil

java.lang.Object
  extended byxdoclet.util.TypeConversionUtil

public final class TypeConversionUtil
extends Object

Version:
$Revision: 1.5 $
Author:
Ara Abrahamian (ara_e@email.com)
created
Oct 15, 2001

Constructor Summary
TypeConversionUtil()
           
 
Method Summary
static boolean stringToBoolean(String in, boolean defaultValue)
          A utility method for converting a string to a boolean.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

TypeConversionUtil

public TypeConversionUtil()
Method Detail

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:
defaultValue - Description of Parameter
in - The String to convert
Returns:
true or false