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public class Main {


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

  /**
   * Check if a String starts with a specified prefix (optionally case insensitive).
   *
   * @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
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Checks if a String is empty ("") or null.
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
   * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
   * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
   * </pre>
   *
   * NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
   * It no longer trims the String.
   * That functionality is available in isBlank().
   *
   * @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;
  }

}