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Compares two Strings, returning true if they are equal ignoring the case.
    


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/**
 * <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
 * <code>null</code> safe.</p>

 *
 @see java.lang.String
 @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
 @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
 @author Daniel L. Rall
 @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
 @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
 @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
 @author Stephen Colebourne
 @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
 @author Holger Krauth
 @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
 @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 @author Arun Mammen Thomas
 @author Gary Gregory
 @author Phil Steitz
 @author Al Chou
 @author Michael Davey
 @author Reuben Sivan
 @author Chris Hyzer
 @author Scott Johnson
 @since 1.0
 @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {
  /**
   * <p>Compares two Strings, returning <code>true</code> if they are equal ignoring
   * the case.</p>
   *
   * <p><code>null</code>s are handled without exceptions. Two <code>null</code>
   * references are considered equal. Comparison is case insensitive.</p>
   *
   * <pre>
   * StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(null, null)   = true
   * StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(null, "abc")  = false
   * StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase("abc", null)  = false
   * StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase("abc", "abc") = true
   * StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase("abc", "ABC") = true
   * </pre>
   *
   @see java.lang.String#equalsIgnoreCase(String)
   @param str1  the first String, may be null
   @param str2  the second String, may be null
   @return <code>true</code> if the Strings are equal, case insensitive, or
   *  both <code>null</code>
   */
  public static boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String str1, String str2) {
      return str1 == null ? str2 == null : str1.equalsIgnoreCase(str2);
  }

}

   
    
    
    
  
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