public boolean isTrue(String condition){
  boolean result=false;
  if (condition != null && condition.length() > 0) {
    String s=condition.substring(0,1);
    if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("Y") || s.equals("1") || s.equalsIgnoreCase("T"))     result=true;
  }
  return result;
}

public boolean isTrue ( String condition ) { boolean result = false ; if ( condition != null && condition . length ( ) > 0 ) { String s = condition . substring ( 0 , 1 ) ; if ( s . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Y" ) || s . equals ( "1" ) || s . equalsIgnoreCase ( "T" ) ) result = true ; } return result ; }
convert string into boolean
