From 28b608c8142811c280ab17be8cfbabdf216f8445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Chamberlain <tchamberlain76@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:03:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added utils method to do equals ignoring case safely

---
 .../qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
index ae01b7af..313cb069 100755
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -489,6 +489,24 @@ public class StringUtils
 
 
 
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   public static boolean safeEqualsIgnoreCase(String a, String b)
+   {
+      if(a == null && b == null)
+      {
+         return true;
+      }
+      if(a == null || b == null)
+      {
+         return false;
+      }
+      return (a.equalsIgnoreCase(b));
+   }
+
+
+
    /***************************************************************************
     **
     ***************************************************************************/