Java Utililty Methods String to Boolean

Boolean asBoolean(String flag)
Converts the given string into a Boolean flag of either true, false or null.

return flag == null ? null : flag.equals(YES_AS_STRING);

String asBoolean(String name, boolean value)
as Boolean

return "{\"" + name + "\" : " + value + "}";

Boolean asBoolean(String s)
as Boolean

if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
 return Boolean.TRUE;
} else if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) {
 return Boolean.FALSE;
} else {
 return null;

boolean asBoolean(String str)
as Boolean

if (str == null || str.length() == 0)
 return false;
str = str.trim();
if ("1".equals(str))
 return true;
str = str.toLowerCase();
return "true".equals(str) || "yes".equals(str) || "y".equals(str) || "on".equals(str) || "ja".equals(str)
 || "enable".equals(str);
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Boolean asBoolean(String string)
Converts string to boolean

return (string == null) ? null : Boolean.valueOf(string);

boolean asBoolean(String value)
as Boolean

return asBoolean(value, false);

boolean asBoolean(String value, boolean defaultValue)
as Boolean

return value == null ? defaultValue : Boolean.valueOf(value.trim()).booleanValue();

boolean atob(final String str, final boolean def)
atob

try {
 return Boolean.parseBoolean(str);
} catch (final Exception ex) {
 ex.printStackTrace();
return def;

boolean atob(String pString_)
Converts a String to a boolean.

return (Boolean.valueOf(pString_).booleanValue());

boolean atob(String s)
atob

if (s == null || s.length() < 1)
 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot convert empty string to boolean");
s = s.toLowerCase().trim();
if (s.equals("true"))
 return true;
if (s.equals("false"))
 return false;
if (s.equals("1"))
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