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/* ========================================================================
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* JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform
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* ========================================================================
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* (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
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* Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
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* [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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* in the United States and other countries.]
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* ---------------------
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* BooleanUtilities.java
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* ---------------------
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* (C) Copyright 2003, 2004, by Object Refinery Limited.
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* Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
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* $Id: BooleanUtilities.java,v 1.4 2005/10/18 13:24:19 mungady Exp $
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* 23-Oct-2003 : Version 1 (DG);
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* 04-Oct-2004 : Renamed BooleanUtils --> BooleanUtilities (DG);
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package org.jfree.util;
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* Utility methods for working with <code>Boolean</code> objects.
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* @author David Gilbert
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public class BooleanUtilities {
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* Private constructor prevents object creation.
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private BooleanUtilities() {
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* Returns the object equivalent of the boolean primitive.
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* A similar method is provided by the Boolean class in JDK 1.4, but you can use this one
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* to remain compatible with earlier JDKs.
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* @param b the boolean value.
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* @return <code>Boolean.TRUE</code> or <code>Boolean.FALSE</code>.
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public static Boolean valueOf(final boolean b) {
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return (b ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE);