Fixes #1906 : Button should provide easy to use method for getting the boolean state of the checkbox

svn changeset:5052/svn branch:trunk

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/com/itmill/toolkit/ui/Button.java b/src/com/itmill/toolkit/ui/Button.java
index 0af982268f..3184ec554d 100644
--- a/src/com/itmill/toolkit/ui/Button.java
+++ b/src/com/itmill/toolkit/ui/Button.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class Button extends AbstractField {
      * @param variables
      */
     public void changeVariables(Object source, Map variables) {
-    	super.changeVariables(source, variables);
+        super.changeVariables(source, variables);
         if (isReadOnly()) {
             System.err.println("Button: ignoring variable change for"
                     + " read-only component, caption=" + getCaption());
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ public class Button extends AbstractField {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Get the boolean value of the button state.
+     * 
+     * @return True iff the button is pressed down or checked.
+     */
+    boolean booleanValue() {
+        return ((Boolean) getValue()).booleanValue();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Sets immediate mode. Push buttons can not be set in non-immediate mode.
      * 
      * @see com.itmill.toolkit.ui.AbstractComponent#setImmediate(boolean)