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* Copyright (C) 2015 Machinery For Change, Inc.
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* Author: Steve Waldman
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package com.mchange.v1.lang;
/**
* Three-Valued Logic Utils -- utilities for treating
* a Boolean variable as a three-state logical entity, with
* states true, false, or unknown if the variable is null.
*/
public final class TVLUtils
{
public final static boolean isDefinitelyTrue(Boolean check)
{ return (check != null && check.booleanValue()); }
public final static boolean isDefinitelyFalse(Boolean check)
{ return (check != null && !check.booleanValue()); }
public final static boolean isPossiblyTrue(Boolean check)
{ return (check == null || check.booleanValue()); }
public final static boolean isPossiblyFalse(Boolean check)
{ return (check == null || !check.booleanValue()); }
public final static boolean isUnknown(Boolean check)
{ return (check == null); }
}