private boolean isPrefixOf(IndexSearchDescriptor item, IndexSearchDescriptor desc) {
    List<OBooleanExpression> left = item.keyCondition.getSubBlocks();
    List<OBooleanExpression> right = desc.keyCondition.getSubBlocks();
    if (left.size() > right.size()) {
      return false;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < left.size(); i++) {
      if (!left.get(i).equals(right.get(i))) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }
private boolean isPrefixOf ( IndexSearchDescriptor item , IndexSearchDescriptor desc ) { List < OBooleanExpression > left = item . keyCondition . getSubBlocks ( ) ; List < OBooleanExpression > right = desc . keyCondition . getSubBlocks ( ) ; if ( left . size ( ) > right . size ( ) ) { return false ; } for ( int i = 0 ; i < left . size ( ) ; i ++ ) { if ( ! left . get ( i ) . equals ( right . get ( i ) ) ) { return false ; } } return true ; }
returns true if the first argument is a prefix for the second argument, eg. if the first argument is [a] and the second
argument is [a, b]

@param item
@param desc

@return