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package java.lang;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Instances of class <code>Boolean</code> represent primitive
* <code>boolean</code> values.
*
* @author Paul Fisher
* @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
* @since 1.0
* @status updated to 1.5
*/
public final class Boolean {
/**
* Compatible with JDK 1.0.2+.
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = -3665804199014368530L;
/**
* This field is a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the primitive
* value <code>true</code>. This instance is returned by the static
* <code>valueOf()</code> methods if they return a <code>Boolean</code>
* representing <code>true</code>.
*/
public static final Boolean TRUE = new Boolean(true);
/**
* This field is a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the primitive
* value <code>false</code>. This instance is returned by the static
* <code>valueOf()</code> methods if they return a <code>Boolean</code>
* representing <code>false</code>.
*/
public static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
/**
* The primitive type <code>boolean</code> is represented by this
* <code>Class</code> object.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
// public static final Class TYPE = VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass('Z');
/**
* The immutable value of this Boolean.
*
* @serial the wrapped value
*/
private final boolean value;
/**
* Create a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the value of the
* argument <code>value</code>. In general the use of the static method
* <code>valueof(boolean)</code> is more efficient since it will not
* create a new object.
*
* @param value
* the primitive value of this <code>Boolean</code>
* @see #valueOf(boolean)
*/
public Boolean(boolean value) {
this.value = value;
}
/**
* Creates a <code>Boolean</code> object representing the primitive
* <code>true</code> if and only if <code>s</code> matches the string
* "true" ignoring case, otherwise the object will represent the primitive
* <code>false</code>. In general the use of the static method
* <code>valueof(String)</code> is more efficient since it will not create
* a new object.
*
* @param s
* the <code>String</code> representation of <code>true</code>
* or false
*/
public Boolean(String s) {
// TODO this is a workaround to equalsIgnoreCase()
value = ("true".equals(s) || "TRUE".equals(s) || "True".equals(s));
}
/**
* Return the primitive <code>boolean</code> value of this
* <code>Boolean</code> object.
*
* @return true or false, depending on the value of this Boolean
*/
public boolean booleanValue() {
return value;
}
/**
* Returns the Boolean <code>TRUE</code> if the given boolean is
* <code>true</code>, otherwise it will return the Boolean
* <code>FALSE</code>.
*
* @param b
* the boolean to wrap
* @return the wrapper object
* @see #TRUE
* @see #FALSE
* @since 1.4
*/
public static Boolean valueOf(boolean b) {
return b ? TRUE : FALSE;
}
/**
* Returns "true" if the value of this object is <code>true</code> and
* returns "false" if the value of this object is <code>false</code>.
*
* @return the string representation of this
*/
public String toString() {
return value ? "true" : "false";
}
public static String toString(boolean b)
{
return b ? "true" : "false";
}
/**
* Returns the integer <code>1231</code> if this object represents the
* primitive <code>true</code> and the integer <code>1237</code>
* otherwise.
*
* @return the hash code
*/
public int hashCode() {
return value ? 1231 : 1237;
}
/**
* If the <code>obj</code> is an instance of <code>Boolean</code> and
* has the same primitive value as this object then <code>true</code> is
* returned. In all other cases, including if the <code>obj</code> is
* <code>null</code>, <code>false</code> is returned.
*
* @param obj
* possibly an instance of any <code>Class</code>
* @return true if <code>obj</code> equals this
*/
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
// TODO: instanceof...
return value == ((Boolean) obj).value;
}
}