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17
18 package org.apache.commons.codec.language;
19
20 import org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException;
21 import org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder;
22
23 /**
24 * Encodes a string into a Caverphone value.
25 *
26 * This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0
27 * algorithm:
28 *
29 * <p>This class is immutable and thread-safe.</p>
30 *
31 * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caverphone">Wikipedia - Caverphone</a>
32 * @since 1.5
33 */
34 public abstract class AbstractCaverphone implements StringEncoder {
35
36 /**
37 * Encodes an Object using the caverphone algorithm. This method is provided in order to satisfy the requirements of
38 * the Encoder interface, and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type {@link String}.
39 *
40 * @param source
41 * Object to encode
42 * @return An object (or type {@link String}) containing the caverphone code which corresponds to the String
43 * supplied.
44 * @throws EncoderException
45 * if the parameter supplied is not of type {@link String}.
46 */
47 @Override
48 public Object encode(final Object source) throws EncoderException {
49 if (!(source instanceof String)) {
50 throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to Caverphone encode is not of type java.lang.String");
51 }
52 return this.encode((String) source);
53 }
54
55 /**
56 * Tests if the encodings of two strings are equal.
57 *
58 * This method might be promoted to a new AbstractStringEncoder superclass.
59 *
60 * @param str1
61 * First of two strings to compare
62 * @param str2
63 * Second of two strings to compare
64 * @return {@code true} if the encodings of these strings are identical, {@code false} otherwise.
65 * @throws EncoderException
66 * thrown if there is an error condition during the encoding process.
67 */
68 public boolean isEncodeEqual(final String str1, final String str2) throws EncoderException {
69 return this.encode(str1).equals(this.encode(str2));
70 }
71
72 }