code: protected boolean getPropBooleanValue(String aPropName, String aDefaultValue) {
          boolean retValue;
  
          String temp = dbPoolingProperties.getProperty(aPropName, aDefaultValue);
          retValue = Boolean.valueOf(temp);
  
          return retValue;
      }
docs: get boolean value based on the property name from property file
  the property file is databasePooling.properties
  
  @param aPropName     a property name
  @param aDefaultValue a default value for that property, if the property is not there.
  @return boolean value of that property