/*
* Copyright 2003 Federal Chancellery Austria
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
*     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package at.gv.egovernment.moa.util;

/**
 * Utility class for parsing XML schema boolean values.
 * 
 * @author Patrick Peck
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class BoolUtils {
  
  /**
   * Return the boolean value of an <code>xsd:boolean</code> type of DOM 
   * element/attribute.
   * 
   * @param boolStr The value of the <code>xsd:boolean</code> element/attribute.
   * @return <code>true</code>, if <code>boolStr</code> equals 
   * <code>&quot;true&quot;</code> or <code>&quot;1;&quot;</code>. Otherwise,
   * <code>false</code> is returned.
   */
  public static boolean valueOf(String boolStr) {
    return "true".equals(boolStr) || "1".equals(boolStr);
  }

}