1 /**
2 * Copyright 2012 The Kuali Foundation Licensed under the
3 * Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
4 * not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
5 * obtain a copy of the License at
6 *
7 * http://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0
8 *
9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
10 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
11 * BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
12 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
13 * permissions and limitations under the License.
14 *
15 * Created by Mezba Mahtab on 7/12/12
16 */
17 package org.kuali.student.r2.common.model;
18
19 /**
20 * This class represents some common utilities that can be performed on JPA entities.
21 *
22 * @author Kuali Student Team
23 */
24 public class ModelUtilities {
25
26 /**
27 * Converts a one-char Y/N String to Boolean.
28 */
29 private static Boolean toBoolean(String flag) throws IllegalArgumentException {
30 if ("Y".equals(flag)) { return true; }
31 if ("N".equals(flag)) { return false; }
32 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Flag should be Y/N");
33 }
34
35 /**
36 * Converts a boolean to Y/N String.
37 */
38 private static String toYNString (Boolean flag) {
39 if (flag) return "Y";
40 return "N";
41 }
42 }