public boolean startsWith(Text pattern) {
    	if (pattern == null) {
    		return false;
    	}
    	return this.subSequence(0, pattern.len).equals(pattern);
    }
public boolean startsWith ( Text pattern ) { if ( pattern == null ) { return false ; } return this . subSequence ( 0 , pattern . len ) . equals ( pattern ) ; }
Indicates whether the text starts with a certain pattern.

@param pattern
The pattern to match
@return <code>true</code> if this text starts with the pattern.
Otherwise, or if the pattern is null, returns <code>false</code>.
@author hrosa