Java.lang.Boolean.compareTo() Method

Description

The java.lang.Boolean.compareTo(Boolean b) compares this Boolean instance with another.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Boolean.compareTo() method

public int compareTo(Boolean b)

Specified by

compareTo in interface Comparable<Boolean>

Parameters

• b - the Boolean instance to be compared

Return Value

This method returns,

• zero - if this object represents the same boolean value as the argument

• a positive value - if this object represents true and the argument represents false

• a negative value - if this object represents false and the argument represents true.

Exception

• NullPointerException - if the argument is null

Example

The following example shows the usage of lang.Boolean.compareTo() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class BooleanDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create 2 Boolean objects b1, b2
      Boolean b1, b2;

      // assign values to b1, b2
      b1 = new Boolean(true);
      b2 = new Boolean(false);

      // create an int res
      int res;

      // compare b1 with b2
      res = b1.compareTo(b2);

      String str1 = "Both values are equal ";
      String str2 = "Object value is true";
      String str3 = "Argument value is true";

      if( res == 0 ){
      	 System.out.println( str1 );
      }
      else if( res > 0 ){
      	 System.out.println( str2 );
      }
      else if( res < 0 ){
      	 System.out.println( str3 );
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Object value is true