Added timelimits to threads.

[jsvc.git] / src / dolda / jsvc / util / Misc.java

diff --git a/src/dolda/jsvc/util/Misc.java b/src/dolda/jsvc/util/Misc.java
index 122a654..63a10a7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/dolda/jsvc/util/Misc.java
+++ b/src/dolda/jsvc/util/Misc.java
@@ -122,4 +122,13 @@ public class Misc {
        }
        return(buf.toString());
     }
+    
+    public static boolean boolval(String val) {
+       val = val.trim().toLowerCase();
+       if(val.equals("1") || val.equals("on") || val.equals("true") || val.equals("yes") || val.equals("\u22a4"))
+           return(true);
+       if(val.equals("0") || val.equals("off") || val.equals("false") || val.equals("no") || val.equals("\u22a5"))
+           return(false);
+       throw(new IllegalArgumentException("value not recognized as boolean: " + val));
+    }
 }