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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.tv.common.util;
+
+/** Utility class for handling {@link String}. */
+public final class StringUtils {
+
+    private StringUtils() {}
+
+    /** Returns compares two strings lexicographically and handles null values quietly. */
+    public static int compare(String a, String b) {
+        if (a == null) {
+            return b == null ? 0 : -1;
+        }
+        if (b == null) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        return a.compareTo(b);
+    }
+}