code: public boolean isTwitterJsonStringRelatedTo(String tweet, boolean sender,boolean userMentions, boolean retweetOrigin) {
      StatusRepresentation s = new StatusRepresentation(); 
      s.init(null, tweet);
      boolean matches = s.isRelatedTo(this, true, true, true); 
      return matches;
    }
docs: Determines whether the Twitter status is related to one of the users in the
  set of influential contributors.
  
  @param sender
  if the person who created the status is in the ids set, return
  true
  @param userMentions
  if the status contains a user mention that is contained in the ids
  set, return true
  @param retweetOrigin
  if the status is a retweet that was originated by a user in the
  ids set, return true
  @returns true if one of the ids in the input parameter matches an id found
  in the tweet