note
	description: "Set of static routines belonging to System.Boolean"
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"
	external_name: "System.Boolean"
	assembly: "mscorlib"

frozen expanded external class
	DOTNET_BOOLEAN

create {NONE}
	default_create

feature -- Statics

	frozen false_string: SYSTEM_STRING
			-- (Static)
			-- Represents the Boolean value false as a string.
			-- This field is read-only.
		external
			"IL static_field signature :System.String use System.Boolean"
		alias
			"FalseString"
		end

	frozen true_string: SYSTEM_STRING
			-- (Static)
			-- Represents the Boolean value true as a string.
			-- This field is read-only.
		external
			"IL static_field signature :System.String use System.Boolean"
		alias
			"TrueString"
		end

	frozen from_string (value: SYSTEM_STRING): BOOLEAN
			-- (Static)
			-- Converts the specified string representation of
			-- a logical value to its System.Boolean equivalent.
			--
			-- Parameters:
			--   value: A string containing the value to convert.
			--
			-- Returns:
			--   true if value is equivalent to
			--   System.Boolean.TrueString; otherwise, false.
			--
			-- Exceptions:
			--   System.ArgumentNullException: value is null.
			--   System.FormatException: value is not equivalent
			--     to System.Boolean.TrueString nor
			--     System.Boolean.FalseString.
		external
			"IL static signature (System.String): System.Boolean use System.Boolean"
		alias
			"Parse"
		end

note
	library:	"EiffelBase: Library of reusable components for Eiffel."
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software and others"
	license:	"Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
			 Eiffel Software
			 356 Storke Road, Goleta, CA 93117 USA
			 Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			 Website http://www.eiffel.com
			 Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
		]"


end -- class DOTNET_BOOLEAN