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 44  *
 45  * <p>In addition, this class provides many methods for
 46  * converting a {@code boolean} to a {@code String} and a
 47  * {@code String} to a {@code boolean}, as well as other
 48  * constants and methods useful when dealing with a
 49  * {@code boolean}.
 50  *
 51  * <p>This is a <a href="{@docRoot}/java.base/java/lang/doc-files/ValueBased.html">value-based</a>
 52  * class; programmers should treat instances that are
 53  * {@linkplain #equals(Object) equal} as interchangeable and should not
 54  * use instances for synchronization, or unpredictable behavior may
 55  * occur. For example, in a future release, synchronization may fail.
 56  *
 57  * @author  Arthur van Hoff
 58  * @since   1.0
 59  */
 60 @jdk.internal.ValueBased
 61 public final class Boolean implements java.io.Serializable,
 62                                       Comparable<Boolean>, Constable
 63 {







 64     /**
 65      * The {@code Boolean} object corresponding to the primitive
 66      * value {@code true}.
 67      */
 68     public static final Boolean TRUE = new Boolean(true);
 69 
 70     /**
 71      * The {@code Boolean} object corresponding to the primitive
 72      * value {@code false}.
 73      */
 74     public static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
 75 
 76     /**
 77      * The Class object representing the primitive type boolean.
 78      *
 79      * @since   1.1
 80      */
 81     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 82     public static final Class<Boolean> TYPE = (Class<Boolean>) Class.getPrimitiveClass("boolean");
 83 
 84     /**
 85      * The value of the Boolean.
 86      *
 87      * @serial
 88      */
 89     private final boolean value;
 90 
 91     /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
 92     @java.io.Serial
 93     private static final long serialVersionUID = -3665804199014368530L;
 94 

 44  *
 45  * <p>In addition, this class provides many methods for
 46  * converting a {@code boolean} to a {@code String} and a
 47  * {@code String} to a {@code boolean}, as well as other
 48  * constants and methods useful when dealing with a
 49  * {@code boolean}.
 50  *
 51  * <p>This is a <a href="{@docRoot}/java.base/java/lang/doc-files/ValueBased.html">value-based</a>
 52  * class; programmers should treat instances that are
 53  * {@linkplain #equals(Object) equal} as interchangeable and should not
 54  * use instances for synchronization, or unpredictable behavior may
 55  * occur. For example, in a future release, synchronization may fail.
 56  *
 57  * @author  Arthur van Hoff
 58  * @since   1.0
 59  */
 60 @jdk.internal.ValueBased
 61 public final class Boolean implements java.io.Serializable,
 62                                       Comparable<Boolean>, Constable
 63 {
 64     // AOT cache support - there are references to these fields by other cached Java objects. We need
 65     // to preserve their identity across AOT cache assembly phase and production runs.
 66     static class AOTHolder {
 67         private static final Boolean TRUE  = new Boolean(true);
 68         private static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
 69     }
 70 
 71     /**
 72      * The {@code Boolean} object corresponding to the primitive
 73      * value {@code true}.
 74      */
 75     public static final Boolean TRUE = AOTHolder.TRUE;
 76 
 77     /**
 78      * The {@code Boolean} object corresponding to the primitive
 79      * value {@code false}.
 80      */
 81     public static final Boolean FALSE = AOTHolder.FALSE;
 82 
 83     /**
 84      * The Class object representing the primitive type boolean.
 85      *
 86      * @since   1.1
 87      */
 88     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 89     public static final Class<Boolean> TYPE = (Class<Boolean>) Class.getPrimitiveClass("boolean");
 90 
 91     /**
 92      * The value of the Boolean.
 93      *
 94      * @serial
 95      */
 96     private final boolean value;
 97 
 98     /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
 99     @java.io.Serial
100     private static final long serialVersionUID = -3665804199014368530L;
101 
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