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Convert text values to boolean
using System;
namespace Nucleo
{
/// <summary>
/// Represents a utility to convert text values to boolean.
/// </summary>
public static class BooleanUtility
{
/// <summary>
/// Converts a text value to a boolean value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">The text to convert.</param>
/// <returns>The boolean value.</returns>
public static bool ConvertToBoolean(string text)
{
return ConvertToBoolean(text, false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a text value to a boolean value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">The text to convert.</param>
/// <param name="defaultValue">The value that could be used as a default.</param>
/// <returns>The boolean value.</returns>
public static bool ConvertToBoolean(string text, bool defaultValue)
{
bool? value = ConvertToNullableBoolean(text);
if (value.HasValue)
return value.Value;
else
return defaultValue;
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a text value to a boolean value or null.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">The text to convert.</param>
/// <returns>The boolean value or null.</returns>
public static bool? ConvertToNullableBoolean(string text)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
return null;
switch (text.ToLower())
{
case "yes":
return true;
case "y":
return true;
case "t":
return true;
case "true":
return true;
case "1":
return true;
case "-1":
return true;
case "no":
return false;
case "n":
return false;
case "false":
return false;
case "f":
return false;
case "0":
return false;
case "-0":
return false;
default:
return null;
}
}
}
}
