Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2011,2012 Southern Storm Software, Pty Ltd. * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { /** * Null-safe version of string comparison. * * @param s1 the first string * @param s2 the second string * @return the comparison result */ public static int stringCompareIgnoreCase(String s1, String s2) { if (s1 == null) return (s2 == null ? 0 : -1); else if (s2 == null) return 1; else return s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2); } }