public String normalizeTargetId(String aTargetId){
  if (!isTargetCaseSensitive()) {
    return (aTargetId == null ? null : aTargetId.toLowerCase());
  }
 else {
    return aTargetId;
  }
}

public String normalizeTargetId ( String aTargetId ) { if ( ! isTargetCaseSensitive ( ) ) { return ( aTargetId == null ? null : aTargetId . toLowerCase ( ) ) ; } else { return aTargetId ; } }
normalizes the target id if required , e . g . make lower case for case insensitive id comparison purposes
