Here you can find the source of difference(String string1, String string2)
public static boolean difference(String string1, String string2)
//package com.java2s; /*//from www. j a v a 2 s.co m Copyright (c) 2012,2013 Mirco Attocchi This file is part of WebAppCommon. WebAppCommon is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. WebAppCommon 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with WebAppCommon. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { public static boolean difference(String string1, String string2) { boolean res = false; if (string1 != null && string2 == null) { res = true; } else if (string1 == null && string2 != null) { res = true; } else if (string1 != null && string2 != null) { if (!string1.equalsIgnoreCase(string2)) { res = true; } } return res; } public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String string1, String string2) { return (string1 != null && string2 != null && string1.equalsIgnoreCase(string2)); } }