BooleanParser.java

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package org.apache.sqoop.lib;

/**
 * Parse string representations of boolean values into boolean
 * scalar types.
 */
public final class BooleanParser {

  /**
   * Return a boolean based on the value contained in the string.
   *
   * <p>The following values are considered true:
   * "true", "t", "yes", "on", "1".</p>
   * <p>All other values, including 'null', are false.</p>
   * <p>All comparisons are case-insensitive.</p>
   */
  public static boolean valueOf(final String s) {
    return s != null && ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(s) || "t".equalsIgnoreCase(s)
        || "1".equals(s) || "on".equalsIgnoreCase(s)
        || "yes".equalsIgnoreCase(s));
  }

  private BooleanParser() { }
}