As stated above there is no boolean class just TrueClass and FalseClass however you can use any object as the subject of if/unless and everything is true except instances of FalseClass and nil
Boolean tests return an instance of the FalseClass or TrueClass
(1 > 0).class #TrueClass
The following monkeypatch to Object will tell you whether something is an instance of TrueClass or FalseClass
class Object
def boolean?
self.is_a?(TrueClass) || self.is_a?(FalseClass)
end
end
Running some tests with irb gives the following results
?> "String".boolean?
=> false
>> 1.boolean?
=> false
>> Time.now.boolean?
=> false
>> nil.boolean?
=> false
>> true.boolean?
=> true
>> false.boolean?
=> true
>> (1 ==1).boolean?
=> true
>> (1 ==2).boolean?
=> true