private boolean isTruthy(String value) {
    return value != null &&
           value.trim().toLowerCase().startsWith(TRUTHY_INITIAL_CHARACTER);
  }
private boolean isTruthy ( String value ) { return value != null && value . trim ( ) . toLowerCase ( ) . startsWith ( TRUTHY_INITIAL_CHARACTER ) ; }
Return true if the value starts with {@link #TRUTHY_INITIAL_CHARACTER}.

@param value string value to test for truthiness

@return true if value is truthy