org.apache.commons.codec.language

Class AbstractCaverphone

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.codec.language.AbstractCaverphone

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encoder, StringEncoder

Direct Known Subclasses:

Caverphone1, Caverphone2

public abstract class AbstractCaverphone
extends Object
implements StringEncoder

Encodes a string into a Caverphone value. This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0 algorithm:

This class is immutable and thread-safe.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

Wikipedia - Caverphone

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractCaverphone() Creates an instance of the Caverphone encoder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	encode(Object source) Encodes an Object using the caverphone algorithm.
boolean	isEncodeEqual(String str1, String str2) Tests if the encodings of two strings are equal.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder

encode

Constructor Detail

AbstractCaverphone

public AbstractCaverphone()

Creates an instance of the Caverphone encoder

Method Detail

encode

public Object encode(Object source)
              throws EncoderException

Encodes an Object using the caverphone 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.

Specified by:

encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:

source - Object to encode

Returns:

An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the caverphone code which corresponds to the String supplied.

Throws:

EncoderException - if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String

isEncodeEqual

public boolean isEncodeEqual(String str1,
                             String str2)
                      throws EncoderException

Tests if the encodings of two strings are equal. This method might be promoted to a new AbstractStringEncoder superclass.

Parameters:

str1 - First of two strings to compare

str2 - Second of two strings to compare

Returns:

true if the encodings of these strings are identical, false otherwise.

Throws:

EncoderException - thrown if there is an error condition during the encoding process.