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package org.ow2.bonita.env.descriptor;

/**
 * helper for converting boolean values into the appropriate descriptor.
 * 
 * @author Tom Baeyens
 */
public abstract class BooleanHelper {

  /**
   * translates a tristate (true, false, null) Boolean value into the
   * appropriate descriptor ({@link TrueDescriptor}, {@link FalseDescriptor} or
   * {@link NullDescriptor}).
   */
  public static AbstractDescriptor createDescriptor(Boolean tristate) {
    if (tristate == null) {
      return new NullDescriptor();
    } else if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(tristate)) {
      return new TrueDescriptor();
    }
    return new FalseDescriptor();
  }

}