org.apache.commons.codec.language
Class DoubleMetaphone

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.codec.language.DoubleMetaphone

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encoder, StringEncoder

public class DoubleMetaphone
extends Object
implements StringEncoder

Encodes a string into a double metaphone value. This Implementation is based on the algorithm by Lawrence Philips.

• Original Article: http://www.cuj.com/documents/s=8038/cuj0006philips/
• Original Source Code: ftp://ftp.cuj.com/pub/2000/1806/philips.zip

Version:

$Id: DoubleMetaphone.java,v 1.24 2004/06/05 18:32:04 ggregory Exp $

Author:

Apache Software Foundation

Nested Class Summary

class

DoubleMetaphone.DoubleMetaphoneResult Inner class for storing results, since there is the optional alternate encoding.

Field Summary

protected int

maxCodeLen Maximum length of an encoding, default is 4

Constructor Summary

DoubleMetaphone()
Creates an instance of this DoubleMetaphone encoder

Method Summary

protected char	charAt(String value, int index) Gets the character at index index if available, otherwise it returns Character.MIN_VALUE so that there is some sort of a default
protected static boolean	contains(String value, int start, int length, String[] criteria) Determines whether value contains any of the criteria starting at index start and matching up to length length
String	doubleMetaphone(String value) Encode a value with Double Metaphone
String	doubleMetaphone(String value, boolean alternate) Encode a value with Double Metaphone, optionally using the alternate encoding.
Object	encode(Object obj) Encode the value using DoubleMetaphone.
String	encode(String value) Encode the value using DoubleMetaphone.
int	getMaxCodeLen() Returns the maxCodeLen.
boolean	isDoubleMetaphoneEqual(String value1, String value2) Check if the Double Metaphone values of two String values are equal.
boolean	isDoubleMetaphoneEqual(String value1, String value2, boolean alternate) Check if the Double Metaphone values of two String values are equal, optionally using the alternate value.
void	setMaxCodeLen(int maxCodeLen) Sets the maxCodeLen.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

maxCodeLen

protected int maxCodeLen

Maximum length of an encoding, default is 4

Constructor Detail

DoubleMetaphone

public DoubleMetaphone()

Creates an instance of this DoubleMetaphone encoder

Method Detail

doubleMetaphone

public String doubleMetaphone(String value)

Encode a value with Double Metaphone

Parameters:

value - String to encode

Returns:

an encoded string

doubleMetaphone

public String doubleMetaphone(String value,
                              boolean alternate)

Encode a value with Double Metaphone, optionally using the alternate encoding.

Parameters:

value - String to encode

alternate - use alternate encode

Returns:

an encoded string

encode

public Object encode(Object obj)
              throws EncoderException

Encode the value using DoubleMetaphone. It will only work if obj is a String (like Metaphone).

Specified by:

encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:

obj - Object to encode (should be of type String)

Returns:

An encoded Object (will be of type String)

Throws:

EncoderException - encode parameter is not of type String

encode

public String encode(String value)

Encode the value using DoubleMetaphone.

Specified by:

encode in interface StringEncoder

Parameters:

value - String to encode

Returns:

An encoded String

isDoubleMetaphoneEqual

public boolean isDoubleMetaphoneEqual(String value1,
                                      String value2)

Check if the Double Metaphone values of two String values are equal.

Parameters:

value1 - The left-hand side of the encoded String.equals(Object).

value2 - The right-hand side of the encoded String.equals(Object).

Returns:

true if the encoded Strings are equal; false otherwise.

See Also:

isDoubleMetaphoneEqual(String,String,boolean)

isDoubleMetaphoneEqual

public boolean isDoubleMetaphoneEqual(String value1,
                                      String value2,
                                      boolean alternate)

Check if the Double Metaphone values of two String values are equal, optionally using the alternate value.

Parameters:

value1 - The left-hand side of the encoded String.equals(Object).

value2 - The right-hand side of the encoded String.equals(Object).

alternate - use the alternate value if true.

Returns:

true if the encoded Strings are equal; false otherwise.

getMaxCodeLen

public int getMaxCodeLen()

Returns the maxCodeLen.

Returns:

int

setMaxCodeLen

public void setMaxCodeLen(int maxCodeLen)

Sets the maxCodeLen.

Parameters:

maxCodeLen - The maxCodeLen to set

charAt

protected char charAt(String value,
                      int index)

Gets the character at index index if available, otherwise it returns Character.MIN_VALUE so that there is some sort of a default

contains

protected static boolean contains(String value,
                                  int start,
                                  int length,
                                  String[] criteria)

Determines whether value contains any of the criteria starting at index start and matching up to length length