2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
index 6e57bb6..5abac99 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -936,6 +936,28 @@ char* SystemTools::ReplaceChars(char* str, const char *toreplace, char replaceme
   return str;
 }
 
+// Returns if string starts with another string
+bool vtkString::StringStartsWith(const char* str1, const char* str2)
+{
+  if (!str1 || !str2)
+    {
+    return false;
+    }
+  size_t len1 = strlen(str1), len2 = strlen(str2);
+  return len1 >= len2 && !strncmp(str1, str2, len2) ? true : false
+}
+
+// Returns if string ends with another string
+bool vtkString::StringEndsWith(const char* str1, const char* str2)
+{
+  if (!str1 || !str2)
+    {
+    return false;
+    }
+  size_t len1 = strlen(str1), len2 = strlen(str2);
+  return len1 >= len2 &&  !strncmp(str1 + (len1 - len2), str2, len2) ? true : false;
+}
+
 // Returns a pointer to the last occurence of str2 in str1
 const char* SystemTools::FindLastString(const char* str1, const char* str2)
 {
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
index 5a84279..2a06f6d 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ public:
   static char* ReplaceChars(char* str, const char *toreplace,char replacement);
   
   /**
+   * Returns true if str1 starts or ends with str2
+   */
+  static bool StringStartsWith(const char* str1, const char* str2);
+  static bool StringEndsWith(const char* str1, const char* str2);
+
+  /**
    * Returns a pointer to the last occurence of str2 in str1
    */
   static const char* FindLastString(const char* str1, const char* str2);