001    /*
002     * $Id: StringHelper.java,v 1.3 2010/12/30 17:33:23 oboehm Exp $
003     *
004     * Copyright (c) 2010 by Oliver Boehm
005     *
006     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
007     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
008     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
009     *
010     *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011     *
012     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express orimplied.
015     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016     * limitations under the License.
017     *
018     * (c)reated 02.04.2010 by oliver (ob@oasd.de)
019     */
020    
021    package patterntesting.runtime.util;
022    
023    /**
024     * This class contains some useful helper methods for Strings.
025     *
026     * @author oliver
027     * @since 1.0 (02.04.2010)
028     * @see org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils
029     */
030    public final class StringHelper {
031    
032        /** It's a utility class - no need to instantiate it */
033        private StringHelper() {}
034    
035        /**
036         * This helper method look in the given array, if there is a string with
037         * the given name (not case sensitive).
038         * <br/>
039         * NOTE: commons.lang.ArrayUtils provides a contains(..) method but
040         * unfortunately no containsIgnoreCase(..) method.
041         *
042         * @param names array with names
043         * @param name the searched name
044         * @return true, if name is inside names.
045         * @see org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils
046         */
047        public static boolean containsIgnoreCase(final String[] names, final String name) {
048            for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
049                if (name.equalsIgnoreCase(names[i])) {
050                    return true;
051                }
052            }
053            return false;
054        }
055    
056    }
057