boolean aBoolean = true;
    Long boxedLong = null;
    int anInt = 1;
    // With a boxed predicate, no overloads can be selected in phase 1
    // ambiguous without the call to .booleanValue to unbox the Boolean
    checkState(boxedBoolean.booleanValue(), "", 1);
    // ambiguous without the cast to Object because the boxed predicate prevents any overload from
    // being selected in phase 1

            throws XmlPullParserException {
        if (s != null && s.length() != 0) {
            return Boolean.valueOf(s).booleanValue();
        }
        if (defaultValue != null) {
            return Boolean.valueOf(defaultValue).booleanValue();
        }
        return false;
    } // -- boolean getBooleanValue( String, String, XmlPullParser, String )

    /**
     * Method getByteValue.