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   *
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   */
  
  package com.vodafone360.people.utils;
  
  import java.util.regex.Matcher;
  import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  
  /**
   * 
   * A utility-class for executing operations (e.g. regular expressions) on strings.
   * 
   */
  public class StringUtils {
  	
  	/**
  	 * 
  	 * Matches a regular expression on the passed String. This method uses the matches()-method of
  	 * Java's regex-package to match the regular expression against the whole string.
  	 * 
  	 * @param regex The regular expression to execute.
  	 * @param matchingString The string to run the regex on.
  	 * 
  	 * @return True if the string matched, false otherwise.
  	 * 
  	 */
  	public static boolean matchRegularExpression(final String regex, final String matchingString) {
  		if (null == regex || null == matchingString) {
  			return false;
  		}
  		
      	Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(matchingString);
      	return matcher.matches();
     	}
  }
  