I see a couple of problems, here.
First, the _expression_ needs to return a Boolean object, not a boolean primitive, so the first thing would be to change it like so:
(($F{JOB_PROFILE_TYPE} != "MERGE") ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE)
However, this still isn't quite right. That $F{JOB_PROFILE_TYPE} is going to be handled as a String object, and you can't compare the contents of two Strings in Java with [in]equality operators. So you need to use the "equals()" method on that String, like this:
((!$F{JOB_PROFILE_TYPE}.equals("MERGE")) ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE)
However, if your variable can potentially be null, you need to build in one more check, to prevent a NullPointerException:
((($F{JOB_PROFILE_TYPE} == null) || (!$F{JOB_PROFILE_TYPE}.equals("MERGE"))) ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE)
Personally, I would shorten that a little bit, to end up with this _expression_:
(("MERGE".equals($F{JOB_PROFILE_TYPE})) ? Boolean.FALSE : Boolean.TRUE)
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On 6/6/06, John Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I need help with the syntax in returning a boolean.
Whay does this not wirk? I get a compilation error?
(($F{JOB_PROFILE_TYPE} != "MERGE") ? true : false)
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