Introduce String.toByte()

#KT-8833 Fixed

libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt

@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ public fun String.toUpperCase(locale: java.util.Locale): String = (this as java.
  */
 public fun String.toBoolean(): Boolean = java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean(this)
 
+/**
+ * Parses the string as a signed [Byte] number and returns the result.
+ * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
+ */
+public fun String.toByte(): Byte = java.lang.Byte.parseByte(this)
+
 /**
  * Parses the string as a [Short] number and returns the result.
  * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.

libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt

@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ class StringJVMTest {
         assertEquals("", ns.orEmpty())
     }
 
+    @test fun toBoolean() {
+        assertEquals(true, "true".toBoolean())
+        assertEquals(true, "True".toBoolean())
+        assertEquals(false, "false".toBoolean())
+        assertEquals(false, "not so true".toBoolean())
+    }
+
+    @test fun toByte() {
+        assertEquals(77.toByte(), "77".toByte())
+        assertFails { "255".toByte() }
+    }
+
     @test fun toShort() {
         assertEquals(77.toShort(), "77".toShort())
     }