org.apache.commons.codec.language
Class MatchRatingApproachEncoder

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.codec.language.MatchRatingApproachEncoder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encoder, StringEncoder

public class MatchRatingApproachEncoder
extends Object
implements StringEncoder

Match Rating Approach Phonetic Algorithm Developed by Western Airlines in 1977. This class is immutable and thread-safe.

Since:

1.8

See Also:

Wikipedia - Match Rating Approach

MatchRatingApproachEncoder

public MatchRatingApproachEncoder()

encode

public final Object encode(Object pObject)
                    throws EncoderException

Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algo. Method is here to satisfy the requirements of the Encoder interface Throws an EncoderException if input object is not of type java.lang.String.

Specified by:

encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:

pObject - Object to encode

Returns:

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

Throws:

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

encode

public final String encode(String name)

Encodes a String using the Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm.

Specified by:

encode in interface StringEncoder

Parameters:

name - String object to encode

Returns:

The MRA code corresponding to the String supplied

isEncodeEquals

public boolean isEncodeEquals(String name1,
                              String name2)

Determines if two names are homophonous via Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. It should be noted that the strings are cleaned in the same way as encode(String).

Parameters:

name1 - First of the 2 strings (names) to compare

name2 - Second of the 2 names to compare

Returns:

true if the encodings are identical false otherwise.