code: public boolean getNumericBoolean(int field)
     {
        boolean result = false;
  
        if ((field < m_fields.length) && (m_fields[field].length() != 0))
        {
           result = Integer.parseInt(m_fields[field]) == 1;
        }
  
        return (result);
     }
docs: Accessor method used to retrieve a Boolean object representing the
  contents of an individual field. If the field does not exist in the
  record, null is returned.
  
  @param field the index number of the field to be retrieved
  @return the value of the required field