com.phloc.commons.state

Interface ITriState

All Known Implementing Classes:

ETriState

public interface ITriState

Base interface for the tri state.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Boolean	getAsBooleanObj(Boolean aUndefinedValue) Convert the tri state value into a Boolean value, depending on what "undefined" means.
boolean	getAsBooleanValue(boolean bUndefinedValue) Convert the tri state value into a boolean value, depending on what "undefined" means.
boolean	isDefined()
boolean	isFalse()
boolean	isTrue()
boolean	isUndefined()

Method Detail

isTrue

boolean isTrue()

Returns:

true if the value is true.

isFalse

boolean isFalse()

Returns:

true if the value is false

isDefined

boolean isDefined()

Returns:

true if the value is not undefined (if it is either true or false)

isUndefined

boolean isUndefined()

Returns:

true if the value is undefined (if it is neither true nor false)

getAsBooleanValue

boolean getAsBooleanValue(boolean bUndefinedValue)

Convert the tri state value into a boolean value, depending on what "undefined" means.

Parameters:

bUndefinedValue - The boolean representation of undefined.

Returns:

true if isTrue() is true, false if isFalse() is true, or otherwise the passed parameter!

getAsBooleanObj

@Nullable
Boolean getAsBooleanObj(@Nullable
                               Boolean aUndefinedValue)

Convert the tri state value into a Boolean value, depending on what "undefined" means.

Parameters:

aUndefinedValue - The Boolean representation of undefined.

Returns:

Boolean.TRUE if isTrue() is true, Boolean.FALSE if isFalse() is true, or otherwise the passed parameter!