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/*
 * Copyright 2001-2005 (C) MetaStuff, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * This software is open source.
 * See the bottom of this file for the licence.
 */

package org.dom4j.util;

import org.dom4j.Attribute;
import org.dom4j.Element;
import org.dom4j.QName;

/**
 * 
 * AttributeHelper a number of helper methods for working with
 * attribute values.
 * 
 * 
 * @author James Strachan 
 * @version $Revision: 1.7 $
 */
public class AttributeHelper {
    protected AttributeHelper() {
    }

    public static boolean booleanValue(Element element, String attributeName) {
        return booleanValue(element.attribute(attributeName));
    }

    public static boolean booleanValue(Element element, QName attributeQName) {
        return booleanValue(element.attribute(attributeQName));
    }

    protected static boolean booleanValue(Attribute attribute) {
        if (attribute == null) {
            return false;
        }

        Object value = attribute.getData();

        if (value == null) {
            return false;
        } else if (value instanceof Boolean) {
            Boolean b = (Boolean) value;

            return b.booleanValue();
        } else {
            return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(value.toString());
        }
    }
}

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