How to cast Object to boolean?

Question

How can I cast a Java object into a boolean primitive

I tried like below but it doesn't work

boolean di = new Boolean(someObject).booleanValue();

The constructor Boolean(Object) is undefined

Please advise.

Answer 1

If the object is actually a Boolean instance, then just cast it:

boolean di = (Boolean) someObject;

The explicit cast will do the conversion to Boolean, and then there's the auto-unboxing to the primitive value. Or you can do that explicitly:

boolean di = ((Boolean) someObject).booleanValue();

If someObject doesn't refer to a Boolean value though, what do you want the code to do?

Answer 2

Assuming that yourObject.toString() returns "true" or "false", you can try

boolean b = Boolean.valueOf(yourObject.toString())