RefinedSoundex (Apache Commons Codec 1.9 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.codec.language.RefinedSoundex

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encoder, StringEncoder
```
public class RefinedSoundex
extends Object
implements StringEncoder
```
Encodes a string into a Refined Soundex value. A refined soundex code is optimized for spell checking words. Soundex method originally developed by Margaret Odell and Robert Russell.
This class is immutable and thread-safe.

Version:

$Id: RefinedSoundex.html 891688 2013-12-24 20:49:46Z ggregory $

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static RefinedSoundex`	`US_ENGLISH` This static variable contains an instance of the RefinedSoundex using the US_ENGLISH mapping.
`static String`	`US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`RefinedSoundex()` Creates an instance of the RefinedSoundex object using the default US English mapping.
`RefinedSoundex(char[] mapping)` Creates a refined soundex instance using a custom mapping.
`RefinedSoundex(String mapping)` Creates a refined Soundex instance using a custom mapping.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`int`	`difference(String s1, String s2)` Returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the same.
`Object`	`encode(Object obj)` Encodes an Object using the refined soundex algorithm.
`String`	`encode(String str)` Encodes a String using the refined soundex algorithm.
`String`	`soundex(String str)` Retrieves the Refined Soundex code for a given String object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING
```
public static final String US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING
```
    Since:
    
    1.4
    
    See Also:
    Constant Field Values
  - US_ENGLISH
```
public static final RefinedSoundex US_ENGLISH
```
    This static variable contains an instance of the RefinedSoundex using the US_ENGLISH mapping.
- Constructor Detail
  - RefinedSoundex
```
public RefinedSoundex()
```
    Creates an instance of the RefinedSoundex object using the default US English mapping.
  - RefinedSoundex
```
public RefinedSoundex(char[] mapping)
```
    Creates a refined soundex instance using a custom mapping. This constructor can be used to customize the mapping, and/or possibly provide an internationalized mapping for a non-Western character set.
    
    Parameters:
    mapping - Mapping array to use when finding the corresponding code for a given character
  - RefinedSoundex
```
public RefinedSoundex(String mapping)
```
    Creates a refined Soundex instance using a custom mapping. This constructor can be used to customize the mapping, and/or possibly provide an internationalized mapping for a non-Western character set.
    
    Parameters:
    mapping - Mapping string to use when finding the corresponding code for a given character
    Since:
    
    1.4
- Method Detail
  - difference
```
public int difference(String s1,
             String s2)
               throws EncoderException
```
    Returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the same. This return value ranges from 0 to the length of the shortest encoded String: 0 indicates little or no similarity, and 4 out of 4 (for example) indicates strong similarity or identical values. For refined Soundex, the return value can be greater than 4.
    
    Parameters:
    s1 - A String that will be encoded and compared.
    s2 - A String that will be encoded and compared.
    
    Returns:
    The number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the same from 0 to to the length of the shortest encoded String.
    
    Throws:
    
    EncoderException - if an error occurs encoding one of the strings
    Since:
    
    1.3
    
    See Also:
    SoundexUtils.difference(StringEncoder,String,String), MS T-SQL DIFFERENCE
  - encode
```
public Object encode(Object obj)
              throws EncoderException
```
    Encodes an Object using the refined soundex 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:
    obj - Object to encode
    
    Returns:
    An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the refined soundex code which corresponds to the String supplied.
    
    Throws:
    
    EncoderException - if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String
  - encode
```
public String encode(String str)
```
    Encodes a String using the refined soundex algorithm.
    
    Specified by:
    
    encode in interface StringEncoder
    
    Parameters:
    str - A String object to encode
    
    Returns:
    A Soundex code corresponding to the String supplied
  - soundex
```
public String soundex(String str)
```
    Retrieves the Refined Soundex code for a given String object.
    
    Parameters:
    str - String to encode using the Refined Soundex algorithm
    
    Returns:
    A soundex code for the String supplied

Class RefinedSoundex

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING

US_ENGLISH

Constructor Detail

RefinedSoundex

RefinedSoundex

RefinedSoundex

Method Detail

difference

encode

encode

soundex