/* * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.commons.codec.language; import org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException; import org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder; /** * Encodes a string into a Refined Soundex value. A refined soundex code is * optimized for spell checking words. Soundex method originally developed by * <CITE>Margaret Odell</CITE> and <CITE>Robert Russell</CITE>. * * @author Apache Software Foundation * @version $Id: RefinedSoundex.java,v 1.21 2004/06/05 18:32:04 ggregory Exp $ * * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead. * Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a> * for further details. */ @Deprecated public class RefinedSoundex implements StringEncoder { /** * This static variable contains an instance of the RefinedSoundex using * the US_ENGLISH mapping. */ public static final RefinedSoundex US_ENGLISH = new RefinedSoundex(); /** * RefinedSoundex is *refined* for a number of reasons one being that the * mappings have been altered. This implementation contains default * mappings for US English. */ public static final char[] US_ENGLISH_MAPPING = "01360240043788015936020505".toCharArray(); /** * Every letter of the alphabet is "mapped" to a numerical value. This char * array holds the values to which each letter is mapped. This * implementation contains a default map for US_ENGLISH */ private char[] soundexMapping; /** * Creates an instance of the RefinedSoundex object using the default US * English mapping. */ public RefinedSoundex() { this(US_ENGLISH_MAPPING); } /** * Creates a refined soundex instance using a custom mapping. This * constructor can be used to customize the mapping, and/or possibly * provide an internationalized mapping for a non-Western character set. * * @param mapping * Mapping array to use when finding the corresponding code for * a given character */ public RefinedSoundex(char[] mapping) { this.soundexMapping = mapping; } // BEGIN android-note // Removed @see reference to SoundexUtils below, since the class isn't // public. // END android-note /** * Returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the * same. This return value ranges from 0 to the length of the shortest * encoded String: 0 indicates little or no similarity, and 4 out of 4 (for * example) indicates strong similarity or identical values. For refined * Soundex, the return value can be greater than 4. * * @param s1 * A String that will be encoded and compared. * @param s2 * A String that will be encoded and compared. * @return The number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the * same from 0 to to the length of the shortest encoded String. * * @see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_de-dz_8co5.asp"> * MS T-SQL DIFFERENCE</a> * * @throws EncoderException * if an error occurs encoding one of the strings * @since 1.3 */ public int difference(String s1, String s2) throws EncoderException { return SoundexUtils.difference(this, s1, s2); } /** * Encodes an Object using the refined soundex algorithm. This method is * provided in order to satisfy the requirements of the Encoder interface, * and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type * java.lang.String. * * @param pObject * Object to encode * @return An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the refined * soundex code which corresponds to the String supplied. * @throws EncoderException * if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String */ public Object encode(Object pObject) throws EncoderException { if (!(pObject instanceof java.lang.String)) { throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to RefinedSoundex encode is not of type java.lang.String"); } return soundex((String) pObject); } /** * Encodes a String using the refined soundex algorithm. * * @param pString * A String object to encode * @return A Soundex code corresponding to the String supplied */ public String encode(String pString) { return soundex(pString); } /** * Returns the mapping code for a given character. The mapping codes are * maintained in an internal char array named soundexMapping, and the * default values of these mappings are US English. * * @param c * char to get mapping for * @return A character (really a numeral) to return for the given char */ char getMappingCode(char c) { if (!Character.isLetter(c)) { return 0; } return this.soundexMapping[Character.toUpperCase(c) - 'A']; } /** * Retreives the Refined Soundex code for a given String object. * * @param str * String to encode using the Refined Soundex algorithm * @return A soundex code for the String supplied */ public String soundex(String str) { if (str == null) { return null; } str = SoundexUtils.clean(str); if (str.length() == 0) { return str; } StringBuffer sBuf = new StringBuffer(); sBuf.append(str.charAt(0)); char last, current; last = '*'; for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) { current = getMappingCode(str.charAt(i)); if (current == last) { continue; } else if (current != 0) { sBuf.append(current); } last = current; } return sBuf.toString(); } }