question: private static boolean createBooleanSetting ( final Map < String , String > rawSettings , final String settingName , final boolean defaultValue ) { final String settingString = rawSettings . get ( settingName ) ; if ( settingString == null ) { return defaultValue ; } else { try { return Boolean . parseBoolean ( settingString ) ; } catch ( final NumberFormatException exception ) { CUtilityFunctions . logException ( exception ) ; return defaultValue ; } } }
target:  Turns a settings string value into a boolean value.