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For example: \u00DA is U acute etc... 058 */ 059 private static final String UNICODE = "\u00C0\u00E0\u00C8\u00E8\u00CC\u00EC\u00D2\u00F2\u00D9\u00F9" + 060 "\u00C1\u00E1\u00C9\u00E9\u00CD\u00ED\u00D3\u00F3\u00DA\u00FA\u00DD\u00FD" + 061 "\u00C2\u00E2\u00CA\u00EA\u00CE\u00EE\u00D4\u00F4\u00DB\u00FB\u0176\u0177" + 062 "\u00C3\u00E3\u00D5\u00F5\u00D1\u00F1" + 063 "\u00C4\u00E4\u00CB\u00EB\u00CF\u00EF\u00D6\u00F6\u00DC\u00FC\u0178\u00FF" + 064 "\u00C5\u00E5" + "\u00C7\u00E7" + "\u0150\u0151\u0170\u0171"; 065 066 private static final String[] DOUBLE_CONSONANT = 067 new String[] { "BB", "CC", "DD", "FF", "GG", "HH", "JJ", "KK", "LL", "MM", "NN", "PP", "QQ", "RR", "SS", 068 "TT", "VV", "WW", "XX", "YY", "ZZ" }; 069 070 /** 071 * Cleans up a name: 1. Upper-cases everything 2. Removes some common punctuation 3. Removes accents 4. Removes any 072 * spaces. 073 * 074 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 075 * <p> 076 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 077 * </p> 078 * 079 * @param name 080 * The name to be cleaned 081 * @return The cleaned name 082 */ 083 String cleanName(final String name) { 084 String upperName = name.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); 085 086 final String[] charsToTrim = { "\\-", "[&]", "\\'", "\\.", "[\\,]" }; 087 for (final String str : charsToTrim) { 088 upperName = upperName.replaceAll(str, EMPTY); 089 } 090 091 upperName = removeAccents(upperName); 092 upperName = upperName.replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 093 094 return upperName; 095 } 096 097 /** 098 * Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algorithm. Method is here to satisfy the requirements of the 099 * Encoder interface Throws an EncoderException if input object is not of type java.lang.String. 100 * 101 * @param pObject 102 * Object to encode 103 * @return An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the Match Rating Approach code which corresponds to the 104 * String supplied. 105 * @throws EncoderException 106 * if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String 107 */ 108 @Override 109 public final Object encode(final Object pObject) throws EncoderException { 110 if (!(pObject instanceof String)) { 111 throw new EncoderException( 112 "Parameter supplied to Match Rating Approach encoder is not of type java.lang.String"); 113 } 114 return encode((String) pObject); 115 } 116 117 /** 118 * Encodes a String using the Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. 119 * 120 * @param name 121 * String object to encode 122 * @return The MRA code corresponding to the String supplied 123 */ 124 @Override 125 public final String encode(String name) { 126 // Bulletproof for trivial input - NINO 127 if (name == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name) || name.length() == 1) { 128 return EMPTY; 129 } 130 131 // Preprocessing 132 name = cleanName(name); 133 134 // BEGIN: Actual encoding part of the algorithm... 135 // 1. Delete all vowels unless the vowel begins the word 136 name = removeVowels(name); 137 138 // 2. Remove second consonant from any double consonant 139 name = removeDoubleConsonants(name); 140 141 // 3. Reduce codex to 6 letters by joining the first 3 and last 3 letters 142 name = getFirst3Last3(name); 143 144 return name; 145 } 146 147 /** 148 * Gets the first and last 3 letters of a name (if > 6 characters) Else just returns the name. 149 * 150 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 151 * <p> 152 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 153 * </p> 154 * 155 * @param name 156 * The string to get the substrings from 157 * @return Annexed first and last 3 letters of input word. 158 */ 159 String getFirst3Last3(final String name) { 160 final int nameLength = name.length(); 161 162 if (nameLength > SIX) { 163 final String firstThree = name.substring(0, THREE); 164 final String lastThree = name.substring(nameLength - THREE, nameLength); 165 return firstThree + lastThree; 166 } 167 return name; 168 } 169 170 /** 171 * Obtains the min rating of the length sum of the 2 names. In essence the larger the sum length the smaller the 172 * min rating. Values strictly from documentation. 173 * 174 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 175 * <p> 176 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 177 * </p> 178 * 179 * @param sumLength 180 * The length of 2 strings sent down 181 * @return The min rating value 182 */ 183 int getMinRating(final int sumLength) { 184 int minRating = 0; 185 186 if (sumLength <= FOUR) { 187 minRating = FIVE; 188 } else if (sumLength <= SEVEN) { // aready know it is at least 5 189 minRating = FOUR; 190 } else if (sumLength <= ELEVEN) { // aready know it is at least 8 191 minRating = THREE; 192 } else if (sumLength == TWELVE) { 193 minRating = TWO; 194 } else { 195 minRating = ONE; // docs said little here. 196 } 197 198 return minRating; 199 } 200 201 /** 202 * Determines if two names are homophonous via Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. It should be noted that the 203 * strings are cleaned in the same way as {@link #encode(String)}. 204 * 205 * @param name1 206 * First of the 2 strings (names) to compare 207 * @param name2 208 * Second of the 2 names to compare 209 * @return <code>true</code> if the encodings are identical <code>false</code> otherwise. 210 */ 211 public boolean isEncodeEquals(String name1, String name2) { 212 // Bulletproof for trivial input - NINO 213 if (name1 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name1) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name1)) { 214 return false; 215 } else if (name2 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name2) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) { 216 return false; 217 } else if (name1.length() == 1 || name2.length() == 1) { 218 return false; 219 } else if (name1.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) { 220 return true; 221 } 222 223 // Preprocessing 224 name1 = cleanName(name1); 225 name2 = cleanName(name2); 226 227 // Actual MRA Algorithm 228 229 // 1. Remove vowels 230 name1 = removeVowels(name1); 231 name2 = removeVowels(name2); 232 233 // 2. Remove double consonants 234 name1 = removeDoubleConsonants(name1); 235 name2 = removeDoubleConsonants(name2); 236 237 // 3. Reduce down to 3 letters 238 name1 = getFirst3Last3(name1); 239 name2 = getFirst3Last3(name2); 240 241 // 4. Check for length difference - if 3 or greater then no similarity 242 // comparison is done 243 if (Math.abs(name1.length() - name2.length()) >= THREE) { 244 return false; 245 } 246 247 // 5. Obtain the minimum rating value by calculating the length sum of the 248 // encoded Strings and sending it down. 249 final int sumLength = Math.abs(name1.length() + name2.length()); 250 int minRating = 0; 251 minRating = getMinRating(sumLength); 252 253 // 6. Process the encoded Strings from left to right and remove any 254 // identical characters found from both Strings respectively. 255 final int count = leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(name1, name2); 256 257 // 7. Each PNI item that has a similarity rating equal to or greater than 258 // the min is considered to be a good candidate match 259 return count >= minRating; 260 261 } 262 263 /** 264 * Determines if a letter is a vowel. 265 * 266 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 267 * <p> 268 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 269 * </p> 270 * 271 * @param letter 272 * The letter under investiagtion 273 * @return True if a vowel, else false 274 */ 275 boolean isVowel(final String letter) { 276 return letter.equalsIgnoreCase("E") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("A") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("O") || 277 letter.equalsIgnoreCase("I") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("U"); 278 } 279 280 /** 281 * Processes the names from left to right (first) then right to left removing identical letters in same positions. 282 * Then subtracts the longer string that remains from 6 and returns this. 283 * 284 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 285 * <p> 286 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 287 * </p> 288 * 289 * @param name1 290 * name2 291 * @return the length as above 292 */ 293 int leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(final String name1, final String name2) { 294 final char[] name1Char = name1.toCharArray(); 295 final char[] name2Char = name2.toCharArray(); 296 297 final int name1Size = name1.length() - 1; 298 final int name2Size = name2.length() - 1; 299 300 String name1LtRStart = EMPTY; 301 String name1LtREnd = EMPTY; 302 303 String name2RtLStart = EMPTY; 304 String name2RtLEnd = EMPTY; 305 306 for (int i = 0; i < name1Char.length; i++) { 307 if (i > name2Size) { 308 break; 309 } 310 311 name1LtRStart = name1.substring(i, i + 1); 312 name1LtREnd = name1.substring(name1Size - i, name1Size - i + 1); 313 314 name2RtLStart = name2.substring(i, i + 1); 315 name2RtLEnd = name2.substring(name2Size - i, name2Size - i + 1); 316 317 // Left to right... 318 if (name1LtRStart.equals(name2RtLStart)) { 319 name1Char[i] = ' '; 320 name2Char[i] = ' '; 321 } 322 323 // Right to left... 324 if (name1LtREnd.equals(name2RtLEnd)) { 325 name1Char[name1Size - i] = ' '; 326 name2Char[name2Size - i] = ' '; 327 } 328 } 329 330 // Char arrays -> string & remove extraneous space 331 final String strA = new String(name1Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 332 final String strB = new String(name2Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 333 334 // Final bit - subtract longest string from 6 and return this int value 335 if (strA.length() > strB.length()) { 336 return Math.abs(SIX - strA.length()); 337 } 338 return Math.abs(SIX - strB.length()); 339 } 340 341 /** 342 * Removes accented letters and replaces with non-accented ascii equivalent Case is preserved. 343 * http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Remove_accent_from_letters_%28ex_.%C3%A9_to_e%29 344 * 345 * @param accentedWord 346 * The word that may have accents in it. 347 * @return De-accented word 348 */ 349 String removeAccents(final String accentedWord) { 350 if (accentedWord == null) { 351 return null; 352 } 353 354 final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); 355 final int n = accentedWord.length(); 356 357 for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { 358 final char c = accentedWord.charAt(i); 359 final int pos = UNICODE.indexOf(c); 360 if (pos > -1) { 361 sb.append(PLAIN_ASCII.charAt(pos)); 362 } else { 363 sb.append(c); 364 } 365 } 366 367 return sb.toString(); 368 } 369 370 /** 371 * Replaces any double consonant pair with the single letter equivalent. 372 * 373 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 374 * <p> 375 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 376 * </p> 377 * 378 * @param name 379 * String to have double consonants removed 380 * @return Single consonant word 381 */ 382 String removeDoubleConsonants(final String name) { 383 String replacedName = name.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); 384 for (final String dc : DOUBLE_CONSONANT) { 385 if (replacedName.contains(dc)) { 386 final String singleLetter = dc.substring(0, 1); 387 replacedName = replacedName.replace(dc, singleLetter); 388 } 389 } 390 return replacedName; 391 } 392 393 /** 394 * Deletes all vowels unless the vowel begins the word. 395 * 396 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 397 * <p> 398 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 399 * </p> 400 * 401 * @param name 402 * The name to have vowels removed 403 * @return De-voweled word 404 */ 405 String removeVowels(String name) { 406 // Extract first letter 407 final String firstLetter = name.substring(0, 1); 408 409 name = name.replaceAll("A", EMPTY); 410 name = name.replaceAll("E", EMPTY); 411 name = name.replaceAll("I", EMPTY); 412 name = name.replaceAll("O", EMPTY); 413 name = name.replaceAll("U", EMPTY); 414 415 name = name.replaceAll("\\s{2,}\\b", SPACE); 416 417 // return isVowel(firstLetter) ? (firstLetter + name) : name; 418 if (isVowel(firstLetter)) { 419 return firstLetter + name; 420 } 421 return name; 422 } 423}