From 075c75a269b900daf94ae64c61662cba32b50817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Romain Baugue <romain.baugue@elwinar.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:16:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added ToBool case for string, and added ToBool test cases

---
 cast_test.go | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 caste.go     |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cast_test.go b/cast_test.go
index 1015877..56623de 100644
--- a/cast_test.go
+++ b/cast_test.go
@@ -42,3 +42,23 @@ func TestMaps(t *testing.T) {
 	var taxonomies = map[interface{}]interface{}{"tag": "tags", "group": "groups"}
 	assert.Equal(t, ToStringMap(taxonomies), map[string]interface{}{"tag": "tags", "group": "groups"})
 }
+
+func TestToBool(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool(0), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool(nil), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("false"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("FALSE"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("False"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("f"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("F"), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool(false), false)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("foo"), false)
+	
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("true"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("TRUE"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("True"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("t"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool("T"), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool(1), true)
+	assert.Equal(t, ToBool(true), true)
+}
diff --git a/caste.go b/caste.go
index 78c6a9e..f4382c2 100644
--- a/caste.go
+++ b/caste.go
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ func ToBoolE(i interface{}) (bool, error) {
 			return true, nil
 		}
 		return false, nil
+	case string:
+		return strconv.ParseBool(i.(string))
 	default:
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("Unable to Cast %#v to bool", i)
 	}