public static boolean startsWithPrefix ( final String input ) { boolean ret = false ; if ( input != null ) { ret = input . toLowerCase ( ) . startsWith ( PREFIX_BIGINT_DASH_CHECKSUM ) ; } else { ret = false ; } return ret ; }
Utility to test if the input string can even - possibly - be a BigIntStringChecksum encoded . This is check is necessary but not sufficient for the input string to parse correctly .