From 0751720d95dd59848e8bb4327d8a9d8713ae8518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Hill <matthill@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 12:49:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added startsWith function

---
 src/openalpr/support/filesystem.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 src/openalpr/support/filesystem.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.cpp b/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.cpp
index 4757d5f..957750b 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 #include "filesystem.h"
 
+bool startsWith(std::string const &fullString, std::string const &prefix)
+{
+  if(fullString.substr(0, prefix.size()) == prefix) {
+      return true;
+  }  
+  
+  return false;
+}
+
 bool hasEnding (std::string const &fullString, std::string const &ending)
 {
   if (fullString.length() >= ending.length())
diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.h b/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.h
index e519956..e0d1372 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/filesystem.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <vector>
 
+bool startsWith(std::string const &fullString, std::string const &prefix);
 bool hasEnding (std::string const &fullString, std::string const &ending);
 bool DirectoryExists( const char* pzPath );
 bool fileExists( const char* pzPath );