Java String Starts Wtih startsWithPattern(String value, String matchingPatterns)

Description

starts With Pattern

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String startsWithPattern(String value, String matchingPatterns) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright 2013 Khepry Software/*from   ww  w  .  j av  a2s.c  om*/
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 ******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    public static String startsWithPattern(String value, String matchingPatterns) {
        return startsWithPattern(value, matchingPatterns, ",");
    }

    public static String startsWithPattern(String value, String matchingPatterns, String separator) {
        String patternMatched = null;
        // only check for pattern matches
        // if there are patterns to check
        if (!matchingPatterns.equals("")) {
            String[] patterns = matchingPatterns.split(separator);
            for (String pattern : patterns) {
                if (value.toLowerCase().startsWith(pattern)) {
                    patternMatched = pattern;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return patternMatched;
    }
}

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