Checking the “boolean” result of an “int” type

Question

I\'m learning Java, coming from C and I found an interesting difference between languages with the boolean type. In C there is no bool/ean

Answer 1

If you insist to use int instead of boolean, just use a method to convert

class BooleanHelper
{
   public static boolean toBoolean (int pVal) {
      return pVal != 0;
   }
 ...
}

// apply

if (BooleanHelper.toBoolean(i)) { // BooleanHelper could be avoided using static imports...

However, just use

if (i != 0) {

is still shorter and clearer.