### Author:  [@moritz.loeser](https://community.neo4j.com/u/moritz.loeser)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/unable-to-ignore-case-of-java-lang-string-types-ignorecase-combined-with-contains-not-working/5041/1 "2019-02-13T14:06:01Z")
So far Spring-Data-Neo4J works great but now i am hitting a problem:
In one of my "Neo4jRepository" for `ProductResponsibleUnitRelation` i declare a method:
```auto
List findByProductHierarchyIdContainingIgnoreCase(String partialProductHierarchyId);
```
Using this method yields this exception:
```auto
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to ignore case of java.lang.String types, the property 'productHierarchy' must reference a String
at org.springframework.util.Assert.state(Assert.java:73)
at org.springframework.data.neo4j.repository.query.filter.PropertyComparisonBuilder.applyCaseInsensitivityIfShouldIgnoreCase(PropertyComparisonBuilder.java:101)
at org.springframework.data.neo4j.repository.query.filter.PropertyComparisonBuilder.build(PropertyComparisonBuilder.java:49)
```
Inspecting code of org.springframework.data.neo4j.repository.query.filter.PropertyComparisonBuilder reveals the problem. The method `canIgnoreCase` is called it looks like this:
```auto
private boolean canIgnoreCase(Part part) {
return part.getType() == SIMPLE_PROPERTY && String.class.equals(part.getProperty().getLeafType());
}
```
It seems that the use of IgnoreCase (`part.getType()`) is only allowed for `SIMPLE_PROPERTY` but no for all others like `CONTAINING`.
The question is: How could i get a working findByContainingIgnoreCase method, preferable without using cypher (i am using spring data to abstract from these details).
My OGM calsses are these:
```auto
@RelationshipEntity(type = "responsible_for_product")
@Data
public class ProductResponsibleUnitRelation {
@Id
@GeneratedValue
private Long id;
@StartNode
private LegalEntityNode legalEntity;
@EndNode
private ProductHierarchyNode productHierarchy;
private LocalDate validFrom;
private LocalDate validTo;
}
```
```auto
@NodeEntity
@Data
public class ProductHierarchyNode {
@Id
private String id;
}
```
I want to find all relations by case insensitive parts ("containing") of the id.
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### Author:  [@gerrit.meier](https://community.neo4j.com/u/gerrit.meier)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/unable-to-ignore-case-of-java-lang-string-types-ignorecase-combined-with-contains-not-working/5041/2 "2019-02-13T14:17:10Z")
This will be part of the Spring Data Neo4j Moore release. The ticket is already solved [Allow concatenation of ignoreCase modifier keyword [DATAGRAPH-1190] · Issue #1752 · spring-projects/spring-data-neo4j · GitHub](https://jira.spring.io/browse/DATAGRAPH-1190)
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### Author:  [@moritz.loeser](https://community.neo4j.com/u/moritz.loeser)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/unable-to-ignore-case-of-java-lang-string-types-ignorecase-combined-with-contains-not-working/5041/3 "2019-02-13T14:59:40Z")
Thanks for quick reply,
is there a plan when 5.2 M2 (Moore) is available?
Is there any workaround available?
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### Author:  [@gerrit.meier](https://community.neo4j.com/u/gerrit.meier)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/unable-to-ignore-case-of-java-lang-string-types-ignorecase-combined-with-contains-not-working/5041/4 "2019-02-13T15:05:07Z")
The Spring Data releases are managed by Pivotal and Moore M2 is currently scheduled for March 7th ([https://spring-calendar.cfapps.io/](https://spring-calendar.cfapps.io/)).
You could go with a regex e.g. `findByNameRegex(String regex)`. Have a look at the test/example [spring-data-neo4j/RestaurantTests.java at e4450fdd9866ca7451f1cb8bee375cec532dcdf2 · spring-projects/spring-data-neo4j · GitHub](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-neo4j/blob/e4450fdd9866ca7451f1cb8bee375cec532dcdf2/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/examples/restaurants/RestaurantTests.java#L500)
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### Author:  [@moritz.loeser](https://community.neo4j.com/u/moritz.loeser)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/unable-to-ignore-case-of-java-lang-string-types-ignorecase-combined-with-contains-not-working/5041/5 "2019-02-13T15:09:10Z")
Just: Thank You 🙂