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Check if a String starts with a specified prefix.
      
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public class Main {
  // startsWith
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * <p>Check if a String starts with a specified prefix.</p>
   *
   * <p><code>null</code>s are handled without exceptions. Two <code>null</code>
   * references are considered to be equal. The comparison is case sensitive.</p>
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.startsWith(null, null)      = true
   * StringUtils.startsWith(null, "abcdef")  = false
   * StringUtils.startsWith("abc", null)     = false
   * StringUtils.startsWith("abc", "abcdef") = true
   * StringUtils.startsWith("abc", "ABCDEF") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   @see java.lang.String#startsWith(String)
   @param str  the String to check, may be null
   @param prefix the prefix to find, may be null
   @return <code>true</code> if the String starts with the prefix, case sensitive, or
   *  both <code>null</code>
   @since 2.4
   */
  public static boolean startsWith(String str, String prefix) {
      return startsWith(str, prefix, false);
  }


  /**
   * <p>Check if a String starts with a specified prefix (optionally case insensitive).</p>
   *
   @see java.lang.String#startsWith(String)
   @param str  the String to check, may be null
   @param prefix the prefix to find, may be null
   @param ignoreCase inidicates whether the compare should ignore case
   *  (case insensitive) or not.
   @return <code>true</code> if the String starts with the prefix or
   *  both <code>null</code>
   */
  private static boolean startsWith(String str, String prefix, boolean ignoreCase) {
      if (str == null || prefix == null) {
          return (str == null && prefix == null);
      }
      if (prefix.length() > str.length()) {
          return false;
      }
      return str.regionMatches(ignoreCase, 0, prefix, 0, prefix.length());
  }
  // Empty checks
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * <p>Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.</p>
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * <p>NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().</p>
   *
   @param str  the String to check, may be null
   @return <code>true</code> if the String is empty or null
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(String str) {
      return str == null || str.length() == 0;
  }

}

   
    
    
    
    
    
  














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