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1: /* ======================================================================== 2: * JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform 3: * ======================================================================== 4: * 5: * (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors. 6: * 7: * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html 8: * 9: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 10: * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 11: * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 12: * (at your option) any later version. 13: * 14: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 15: * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 16: * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public 17: * License for more details. 18: * 19: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 20: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 21: * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, 22: * USA. 23: * 24: * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 25: * in the United States and other countries.] 26: * 27: * --------------------- 28: * BooleanUtilities.java 29: * --------------------- 30: * (C) Copyright 2003, 2004, by Object Refinery Limited. 31: * 32: * Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited); 33: * Contributor(s): -; 34: * 35: * $Id: BooleanUtilities.java,v 1.4 2005/10/18 13:24:19 mungady Exp $ 36: * 37: * Changes 38: * ------- 39: * 23-Oct-2003 : Version 1 (DG); 40: * 04-Oct-2004 : Renamed BooleanUtils --> BooleanUtilities (DG); 41: * 42: */ 43: 44: package org.jfree.util; 45: 46: /** 47: * Utility methods for working with <code>Boolean</code> objects. 48: * 49: * @author David Gilbert 50: */ 51: public class BooleanUtilities { 52: 53: /** 54: * Private constructor prevents object creation. 55: */ 56: private BooleanUtilities() { 57: } 58: 59: /** 60: * Returns the object equivalent of the boolean primitive. 61: * <p> 62: * A similar method is provided by the Boolean class in JDK 1.4, but you can use this one 63: * to remain compatible with earlier JDKs. 64: * 65: * @param b the boolean value. 66: * 67: * @return <code>Boolean.TRUE</code> or <code>Boolean.FALSE</code>. 68: */ 69: public static Boolean valueOf(final boolean b) { 70: return (b ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE); 71: } 72: 73: }