Bool.java

package net.sourceforge.seqware.common.util;

public class Bool {

    /**
     * Like {@link Boolean#parseBoolean(String)}, but also yields true for case-insensitive values: "yes", "Y", "T"
     * 
     * @param s
     *            to parse
     * @return boolean representation of the string
     */
    public static boolean parse(String s) {
        if (s == null) return false;

        s = s.trim();
        return Boolean.parseBoolean(s) || s.equalsIgnoreCase("yes") || s.equalsIgnoreCase("Y") || s.equals("T");
    }
}