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diff --git a/src/org/apache/commons/codec/language/SoundexUtils.java b/src/org/apache/commons/codec/language/SoundexUtils.java deleted file mode 100644 index 48f2d87..0000000 --- a/src/org/apache/commons/codec/language/SoundexUtils.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -/* - * 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; - -/** - * Utility methods for {@link Soundex} and {@link RefinedSoundex} classes. - * - * @author Apache Software Foundation - * @version $Id: SoundexUtils.java,v 1.5 2004/03/17 18:31:35 ggregory Exp $ - * @since 1.3 - */ -final class SoundexUtils { - - /** - * Cleans up the input string before Soundex processing by only returning - * upper case letters. - * - * @param str - * The String to clean. - * @return A clean String. - */ - static String clean(String str) { - if (str == null || str.length() == 0) { - return str; - } - int len = str.length(); - char[] chars = new char[len]; - int count = 0; - for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { - if (Character.isLetter(str.charAt(i))) { - chars[count++] = str.charAt(i); - } - } - if (count == len) { - return str.toUpperCase(); - } - return new String(chars, 0, count).toUpperCase(); - } - - /** - * Encodes the Strings and returns the number of characters in the two - * encoded Strings that are the same. - * <ul> - * <li>For Soundex, this return value ranges from 0 through 4: 0 indicates - * little or no similarity, and 4 indicates strong similarity or identical - * values.</li> - * <li>For refined Soundex, the return value can be greater than 4.</li> - * </ul> - * - * @param encoder - * The encoder to use to encode the Strings. - * @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 Soundex encoded Strings that - * are the same. - * - * @see #differenceEncoded(String,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 - */ - static int difference(StringEncoder encoder, String s1, String s2) throws EncoderException { - return differenceEncoded(encoder.encode(s1), encoder.encode(s2)); - } - - /** - * Returns the number of characters in the two Soundex encoded Strings that - * are the same. - * <ul> - * <li>For Soundex, this return value ranges from 0 through 4: 0 indicates - * little or no similarity, and 4 indicates strong similarity or identical - * values.</li> - * <li>For refined Soundex, the return value can be greater than 4.</li> - * </ul> - * - * @param es1 - * An encoded String. - * @param es2 - * An encoded String. - * @return The number of characters in the two Soundex encoded Strings that - * are the same. - * - * @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> - */ - static int differenceEncoded(String es1, String es2) { - - if (es1 == null || es2 == null) { - return 0; - } - int lengthToMatch = Math.min(es1.length(), es2.length()); - int diff = 0; - for (int i = 0; i < lengthToMatch; i++) { - if (es1.charAt(i) == es2.charAt(i)) { - diff++; - } - } - return diff; - } - -} |