cdmlib-remote/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/remote/service/Utils.java

   1 // $Id$
   2 /**
   3 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   4 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   5 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   6 *
   7 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   8 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   9 */
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.remote.service;
  11
  12 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
  13
  14
  15 public class Utils {
  16
  17         /**
  18          * Interprets a string as boolean value with true/TRUE/True or any integer greater 0 being true
  19          * @param boolString
  20          * @return
  21          */
  22         public static Boolean isTrue(String boolString){
  23                 // empty string returns null
  24                 if (boolString==null || boolString.trim().length()==0){
  25                         return null;
  26                 }
  27                 boolean result = Boolean.parseBoolean(boolString);
  28                 try{
  29                         if (!result && Integer.valueOf(boolString)>0){
  30                                 result = true;
  31                         }
  32                 }catch(Exception e){
  33                         result = false;
  34                 }
  35                 return result;
  36         }
  37 }