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 * $Id: PdfBoolean.java,v 1.55 2005/11/29 21:05:02 blowagie Exp $
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package com.lowagie.text.pdf;

/**
 * <CODE>PdfBoolean</CODE> is the boolean object represented by the keywords <VAR>true</VAR> or <VAR>false</VAR>.
 * <P>
 * This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3'
 * section 4.2 (page 37).
 *
 * @see		PdfObject
 * @see		BadPdfFormatException
 */

public class PdfBoolean extends PdfObject {
    
    // static membervariables (possible values of a boolean object)
    public static final PdfBoolean PDFTRUE = new PdfBoolean(true);
    public static final PdfBoolean PDFFALSE = new PdfBoolean(false);
/** A possible value of <CODE>PdfBoolean</CODE> */
    public static final String TRUE = "true";
    
/** A possible value of <CODE>PdfBoolean</CODE> */
    public static final String FALSE = "false";
    
    // membervariables
    
/** the boolean value of this object */
    private boolean value;
    
    // constructors
    
/**
 * Constructs a <CODE>PdfBoolean</CODE>-object.
 *
 * @param		value			the value of the new <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>
 */
    
    public PdfBoolean(boolean value) {
        super(BOOLEAN);
        if (value) {
            setContent(TRUE);
        }
        else {
            setContent(FALSE);
        }
        this.value = value;
    }
    
/**
 * Constructs a <CODE>PdfBoolean</CODE>-object.
 *
 * @param		value			the value of the new <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>, represented as a <CODE>String</CODE>
 *
 * @throws		BadPdfFormatException	thrown if the <VAR>value</VAR> isn't '<CODE>true</CODE>' or '<CODE>false</CODE>'
 */
    
    public PdfBoolean(String value) throws BadPdfFormatException {
        super(BOOLEAN, value);
        if (value.equals(TRUE)) {
            this.value = true;
        }
        else if (value.equals(FALSE)) {
            this.value = false;
        }
        else {
            throw new BadPdfFormatException("The value has to be 'true' of 'false', instead of '" + value + "'.");
        }
    }
    
    // methods returning the value of this object
    
/**
 * Returns the primitive value of the <CODE>PdfBoolean</CODE>-object.
 *
 * @return		the actual value of the object.
 */
    
    public boolean booleanValue() {
        return value;
    }
    
    public String toString() {
    	return String.valueOf(value);
    }
}