You beat me to this issue. When I read this code I cringed, because it's so naïve it's like reading something intentionally pessimized, such as "if(new String(

You beat me to this issue. When I read this code I cringed, because it's so naïve it's like reading something intentionally pessimized, such as "if(new String("true").equals(new Boolean(b).toString()){...}" instead of "if(b){...}".