strange problem with boolean to string conversion

[developerinlondon]

I am trying the following code:

                log_xml = Boolean.getBoolean(request.getParameter("log_xml"));
                logger.info ("log_xml set to :" + log_xml + request.getParameter("log_xml"));

and the output i get is :
log_xml set to :falsetrue

I am passing 'true' as the parameter value. usually it works and its been working in the past without any problem, just suddenly when I made some changes to other parts of the script totally not related to this, it stopped working. any ideas?

 

[Diancecht]

That getBoolean method looks for system properties.

If you're just trying to transform a String "true" into a Boolean true, use Boolean.valueOf().

Cheers,

Dian

 

[developerinlondon]

thanks. I changed it to be like the following and it seems to work fine now:
Boolean log_xml = new Boolean(request.getParameter("log_xml"));