Java String Starts Wtih startsWith(String path, String prefix)

Description

Parts based comparison to make sure that whole parts from path match whole parts from the prefix.

License

Educational Community License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
path	a parameter
prefix	a parameter

Declaration

public static boolean startsWith(String path, String prefix) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w  w  w.  ja  va 2  s . c om*/
 *  Copyright 2014 The Kuali Foundation Licensed under the
 *   Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 *   not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
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 *
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 *
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 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Parts based comparison to make sure that whole parts from path match whole parts from the prefix.
     * 
     * @param path
     * @param prefix
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean startsWith(String path, String prefix) {

        String[] pathParts = path.split("\\/");
        String[] prefixParts = prefix.split("\\/");

        if (pathParts.length < prefixParts.length)
            return false;

        // prefixParts.length can be < pathParts.length just not the other way.

        for (int i = 0; i < prefixParts.length; i++) {

            String pathPart = pathParts[i];
            String prefixPart = prefixParts[i];

            if (!pathPart.equals(prefixPart))
                return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}

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