public static boolean getBoolean(String buffer) {
		buffer = normalize(buffer);
		return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(buffer) || "yes".equalsIgnoreCase(buffer) || "on".equalsIgnoreCase(buffer) || "1".equals(buffer); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ //$NON-NLS-4$
	}