Java String Starts Wtih startsWithIgnoreCase(final String input, final String prefix)

Description

Checks if a string starts with a given suffix.

License

Creative Commons License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	string to check
prefix	suffix to check

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	if Input or Suffix is null

Return

true if string starts with a given suffix

Declaration

public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(final String input, final String prefix) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Creative Commons License 

public class Main {
    /**//www. j ava  2 s .  c  o  m
     * Checks if a string starts with a given suffix.
     * @param input string to check
     * @param prefix suffix to check
     * @return true if string starts with a given suffix
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if Input or Suffix is null
     */
    public static boolean startsWithIgnoreCase(final String input, final String prefix) {
        if (input == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null!");
        if (prefix == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Suffix cannot be null!");
        return input.startsWith(prefix)
                || input.length() >= prefix.length() && input.toLowerCase().startsWith(prefix.toLowerCase());
    }
}

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