--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Boolean.java	Tue Sep 20 12:27:45 2011 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Boolean.java	Tue Sep 20 18:33:25 2011 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
      * @param   s   the string to be converted to a {@code Boolean}.
      */
     public Boolean(String s) {
-        this(toBoolean(s));
+        this(parseBoolean(s));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
      * @since 1.5
      */
     public static boolean parseBoolean(String s) {
-        return toBoolean(s);
+        return ((s != null) && s.equalsIgnoreCase("true"));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
      * @return  the {@code Boolean} value represented by the string.
      */
     public static Boolean valueOf(String s) {
-        return toBoolean(s) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+        return parseBoolean(s) ? TRUE : FALSE;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -229,15 +229,16 @@
      *
      * @param   name   the system property name.
      * @return  the {@code boolean} value of the system property.
+     * @throws  SecurityException for the same reasons as
+     *          {@link System#getProperty(String) System.getProperty}
      * @see     java.lang.System#getProperty(java.lang.String)
      * @see     java.lang.System#getProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
      */
     public static boolean getBoolean(String name) {
         boolean result = false;
         try {
-            result = toBoolean(System.getProperty(name));
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+            result = parseBoolean(System.getProperty(name));
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException e) {
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -275,8 +276,4 @@
     public static int compare(boolean x, boolean y) {
         return (x == y) ? 0 : (x ? 1 : -1);
     }
-
-    private static boolean toBoolean(String name) {
-        return ((name != null) && name.equalsIgnoreCase("true"));
-    }
 }