public static boolean convertStrToBoolean ( final String string ) { return ! ( string == null || string . length ( ) < 1 ) && ( "true" . equalsIgnoreCase ( string ) || "1" . equalsIgnoreCase ( string ) || "yes" . equalsIgnoreCase ( string ) || "y" . equalsIgnoreCase ( string ) ) ; }
Convert a string value to a boolean . If the value is a common positive string value such as 1 true y or yes then TRUE is returned . For any other value or null FALSE is returned .