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Converts a String to a Boolean throwing an exception if no match found
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/**
* <p>Operations on boolean primitives and Boolean objects.</p>
*
* <p>This class tries to handle <code>null</code> input gracefully.
* An exception will not be thrown for a <code>null</code> input.
* Each method documents its behaviour in more detail.</p>
*
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author Matthew Hawthorne
* @author Gary Gregory
* @since 2.0
* @version $Id: BooleanUtils.java 589050 2007-10-27 05:07:45Z bayard $
*/
public class Main {
/**
* <p>Converts a String to a Boolean throwing an exception if no match found.</p>
*
* <p>null is returned if there is no match.</p>
*
* <pre>
* BooleanUtils.toBoolean("true", "true", "false") = true
* BooleanUtils.toBoolean("false", "true", "false") = false
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to check
* @param trueString the String to match for <code>true</code>
* (case sensitive), may be <code>null</code>
* @param falseString the String to match for <code>false</code>
* (case sensitive), may be <code>null</code>
* @return the boolean value of the string
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the String doesn't match
*/
public static boolean toBoolean(String str, String trueString, String falseString) {
if (str == null) {
if (trueString == null) {
return true;
} else if (falseString == null) {
return false;
}
} else if (str.equals(trueString)) {
return true;
} else if (str.equals(falseString)) {
return false;
}
// no match
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The String did not match either specified value");
}
}
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