public class BooleanIO
{
  public static boolean  parseBoolean( String s )
  {
     /* -------------------------------------------------------
        Signal to students that we are using our own method !
        ------------------------------------------------------- */
     System.out.println("*** You called BooleanIO's parseBoolean( )");

     if ( s.equals("true") )
        return true;
     else
        return false;
  }

  public static String toString( boolean x )
  {
     /* -------------------------------------------------------
        Signal to students that we are using our own method !
        ------------------------------------------------------- */
     System.out.println("*** You called BooleanIO's toString( )");

     if ( x == true )
        return "true";
     else
        return "false";
  }
}