code: protected boolean isMatch(String value)
          {
          String filter = getFilterString();
          int    len    = filter.length();
  
          return value.regionMatches(m_ignoreCase, 0, filter, 0, len);
          }
docs: Return <tt>true</tt> if the specified value matches this filter.
  
  @param value  value to check for a match
  
  @return <tt>true</tt> if the specified value matches this filter,
  <tt>false</tt> otherwise