BooleanPrimitiveTypeConverter.java

package com.cloudhopper.commons.xbean.type;

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import com.cloudhopper.commons.xbean.ConversionException;
import com.cloudhopper.commons.xbean.TypeConverter;

/**
 * Converts a String to a boolean.
 * @author joelauer
 */
public class BooleanPrimitiveTypeConverter implements TypeConverter {

    @Override
    public Object convert(String value) throws ConversionException {
        if (value.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
            return true;
        } else if (value.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
            return false;
        } else {
            throw new ConversionException("A boolean value must either be 'true' or 'false' [actual='" + value + "']");
        }
    }

}