Java Data Type How to - Parse a String to a Boolean object








Question

We would like to know how to parse a String to a Boolean object.

Answer

The static method valueOf parses a String to a Boolean object:

 public static Boolean valueOf (String string)
 
public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Boolean b = Boolean.valueOf("true");
    System.out.println(b);
  }

}

The code above generates the following result.