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+/*
+ * 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 Soundex value. Soundex is an encoding used to relate similar names, but can also be used as a
+ * general purpose scheme to find word with similar phonemes.
+ *
+ * @author Apache Software Foundation
+ * @version $Id: Soundex.java,v 1.26 2004/07/07 23:15:24 ggregory Exp $
+ */
+public class Soundex implements StringEncoder {
+
+ /**
+ * An instance of Soundex using the US_ENGLISH_MAPPING mapping.
+ *
+ * @see #US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
+ */
+ public static final Soundex US_ENGLISH = new Soundex();
+
+ /**
+ * This is a default mapping of the 26 letters used in US English. A value of <code>0</code> for a letter position
+ * means do not encode.
+ * <p>
+ * (This constant is provided as both an implementation convenience and to allow Javadoc to pick
+ * up the value for the constant values page.)
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @see #US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
+ */
+ public static final String US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING = "01230120022455012623010202";
+
+ /**
+ * This is a default mapping of the 26 letters used in US English. A value of <code>0</code> for a letter position
+ * means do not encode.
+ *
+ * @see Soundex#Soundex(char[])
+ */
+ public static final char[] US_ENGLISH_MAPPING = US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING.toCharArray();
+
+ // BEGIN android-note
+ // Removed @see reference to SoundexUtils below, since the class isn't
+ // public.
+ // END android-note
+ /**
+ * Encodes the Strings and returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the same. This
+ * return value ranges from 0 through 4: 0 indicates little or no similarity, and 4 indicates strong similarity or
+ * identical values.
+ *
+ * @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 4.
+ *
+ * @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);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * The maximum length of a Soundex code - Soundex codes are only four characters by definition.
+ *
+ * @deprecated This feature is not needed since the encoding size must be constant. Will be removed in 2.0.
+ */
+ private int maxLength = 4;
+
+ /**
+ * 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 using US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
+ *
+ * @see Soundex#Soundex(char[])
+ * @see Soundex#US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
+ */
+ public Soundex() {
+ this(US_ENGLISH_MAPPING);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a soundex instance using the given mapping. This constructor can be used to provide an internationalized
+ * mapping for a non-Western character set.
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ * @param mapping
+ * Mapping array to use when finding the corresponding code for a given character
+ */
+ public Soundex(char[] mapping) {
+ this.setSoundexMapping(mapping);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Encodes an Object using the 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 soundex code which corresponds to the String
+ * supplied.
+ * @throws EncoderException
+ * if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if a character is not mapped
+ */
+ public Object encode(Object pObject) throws EncoderException {
+ if (!(pObject instanceof String)) {
+ throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to Soundex encode is not of type java.lang.String");
+ }
+ return soundex((String) pObject);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Encodes a String using the soundex algorithm.
+ *
+ * @param pString
+ * A String object to encode
+ * @return A Soundex code corresponding to the String supplied
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if a character is not mapped
+ */
+ public String encode(String pString) {
+ return soundex(pString);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Used internally by the SoundEx algorithm.
+ *
+ * Consonants from the same code group separated by W or H are treated as one.
+ *
+ * @param str
+ * the cleaned working string to encode (in upper case).
+ * @param index
+ * the character position to encode
+ * @return Mapping code for a particular character
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if the character is not mapped
+ */
+ private char getMappingCode(String str, int index) {
+ char mappedChar = this.map(str.charAt(index));
+ // HW rule check
+ if (index > 1 && mappedChar != '0') {
+ char hwChar = str.charAt(index - 1);
+ if ('H' == hwChar || 'W' == hwChar) {
+ char preHWChar = str.charAt(index - 2);
+ char firstCode = this.map(preHWChar);
+ if (firstCode == mappedChar || 'H' == preHWChar || 'W' == preHWChar) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return mappedChar;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the maxLength. Standard Soundex
+ *
+ * @deprecated This feature is not needed since the encoding size must be constant. Will be removed in 2.0.
+ * @return int
+ */
+ public int getMaxLength() {
+ return this.maxLength;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the soundex mapping.
+ *
+ * @return soundexMapping.
+ */
+ private char[] getSoundexMapping() {
+ return this.soundexMapping;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Maps the given upper-case character to it's Soudex code.
+ *
+ * @param ch
+ * An upper-case character.
+ * @return A Soundex code.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * Thrown if <code>ch</code> is not mapped.
+ */
+ private char map(char ch) {
+ int index = ch - 'A';
+ if (index < 0 || index >= this.getSoundexMapping().length) {
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException("The character is not mapped: " + ch);
+ }
+ return this.getSoundexMapping()[index];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the maxLength.
+ *
+ * @deprecated This feature is not needed since the encoding size must be constant. Will be removed in 2.0.
+ * @param maxLength
+ * The maxLength to set
+ */
+ public void setMaxLength(int maxLength) {
+ this.maxLength = maxLength;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the soundexMapping.
+ *
+ * @param soundexMapping
+ * The soundexMapping to set.
+ */
+ private void setSoundexMapping(char[] soundexMapping) {
+ this.soundexMapping = soundexMapping;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Retreives the Soundex code for a given String object.
+ *
+ * @param str
+ * String to encode using the Soundex algorithm
+ * @return A soundex code for the String supplied
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if a character is not mapped
+ */
+ public String soundex(String str) {
+ if (str == null) {
+ return null;
+ }
+ str = SoundexUtils.clean(str);
+ if (str.length() == 0) {
+ return str;
+ }
+ char out[] = {'0', '0', '0', '0'};
+ char last, mapped;
+ int incount = 1, count = 1;
+ out[0] = str.charAt(0);
+ last = getMappingCode(str, 0);
+ while ((incount < str.length()) && (count < out.length)) {
+ mapped = getMappingCode(str, incount++);
+ if (mapped != 0) {
+ if ((mapped != '0') && (mapped != last)) {
+ out[count++] = mapped;
+ }
+ last = mapped;
+ }
+ }
+ return new String(out);
+ }
+
+}