java.lang
Class Boolean

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--java.lang.Boolean

public final class Boolean
extends Object

The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive type boolean in an object. An object of type Boolean contains a single field whose type is boolean.

In addition, this class provides many methods for converting a boolean to a String and a String to a boolean, as well as other constants and methods useful when dealing with a boolean.

Since:
JDK1.0

Constructor Summary
Boolean(boolean value)
          Allocates a Boolean object representing the value argument.
 
Method Summary
 boolean booleanValue()
          Returns the value of this Boolean object as a boolean.
 boolean equals(Object obj)
          Returns true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Booleanobject that contains the same boolean value as this object.
 int hashCode()
          Returns a hash code for this Boolean.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Boolean

public Boolean(boolean value)
Allocates a Boolean object representing the value argument.
Parameters:
value - the value of the Boolean.
Since:
JDK1.0
Method Detail

booleanValue

public boolean booleanValue()
Returns the value of this Boolean object as a boolean.
Returns:
the primitive boolean value of this object.
Since:
JDK1.0

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Returns a hash code for this Boolean.
Overrides:
hashCode in class Object
Returns:
a hash code value for this object.
Since:
JDK1.0

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)
Returns true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Booleanobject that contains the same boolean value as this object.
Overrides:
equals in class Object
Parameters:
obj - the object to compare with.
Returns:
true if the objects are the same; false otherwise.
Since:
JDK1.0