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* $Id: StringUtil.java 34934 2007-09-10 22:52:23Z lance@indiana.edu $
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/**
*
* StringUtil collects together some string utility classes.
*
*/
public class StringUtil
{
/**
* Determine if a String is contained in a String [], ignoring case or not as specified
*
* @param stringCollection
* The String[] to scan
* @param value
* The value to look for
* @param ignoreCase
* if true, we will do the compare case insensitive.
* @return true if the string was found
*/
public static boolean contains(String[] stringCollection, String value, boolean ignoreCase)
{
if (stringCollection == null || value == null) return false;
if ((stringCollection.length == 0) || (value.length() == 0)) return false;
for (String s : stringCollection)
{
if (ignoreCase)
{
if (value.equalsIgnoreCase(s)) return true;
}
else
{
if (value.equals(s)) return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}