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+__author__ = "Jon Reid"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2011 hamcrest.org"
+__license__ = "BSD, see License.txt"
+
+from hamcrest.library.text.substringmatcher import SubstringMatcher
+from hamcrest.core.helpers.hasmethod import hasmethod
+
+
+class StringStartsWith(SubstringMatcher):
+
+    def __init__(self, substring):
+        super(StringStartsWith, self).__init__(substring)
+
+    def _matches(self, item):
+        if not hasmethod(item, 'startswith'):
+            return False
+        return item.startswith(self.substring)
+
+    def relationship(self):
+        return 'starting with'
+
+
+def starts_with(substring):
+    """Matches if object is a string starting with a given string.
+
+    :param string: The string to search for.
+
+    This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so,
+    it checks if ``string`` matches the beginning characters of the evaluated
+    object.
+
+    Example::
+
+        starts_with("foo")
+
+    will match "foobar".
+
+    """
+    return StringStartsWith(substring)