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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 Refined Soundex value. A refined Soundex code is
25   * optimized for spell checking words. Soundex method originally developed by
26   * <CITE>Margaret Odell</CITE> and <CITE>Robert Russell</CITE>.
27   *
28   * <p>
29   * This class is immutable and thread-safe.
30   * </p>
31   */
32  public class RefinedSoundex implements StringEncoder {
33  
34      /**
35       * Mapping:
36       * <pre>
37       * 0: A E I O U Y H W
38       * 1: B P
39       * 2: F V
40       * 3: C K S
41       * 4: G J
42       * 5: Q X Z
43       * 6: D T
44       * 7: L
45       * 8: M N
46       * 9: R
47       * </pre>
48       * @since 1.4
49       */
50      //                                                      ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
51      public static final String US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING = "01360240043788015936020505";
52  
53     /**
54       * RefinedSoundex is *refined* for a number of reasons one being that the
55       * mappings have been altered. This implementation contains default
56       * mappings for US English.
57       */
58      private static final char[] US_ENGLISH_MAPPING = US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING.toCharArray();
59  
60      /**
61       * This static variable contains an instance of the RefinedSoundex using
62       * the US_ENGLISH mapping.
63       */
64      public static final RefinedSoundex US_ENGLISH = new RefinedSoundex();
65  
66      /**
67       * Every letter of the alphabet is "mapped" to a numerical value. This char
68       * array holds the values to which each letter is mapped. This
69       * implementation contains a default map for US_ENGLISH.
70       */
71      private final char[] soundexMapping;
72  
73       /**
74       * Creates an instance of the RefinedSoundex object using the default US
75       * English mapping.
76       */
77      public RefinedSoundex() {
78          this.soundexMapping = US_ENGLISH_MAPPING;
79      }
80  
81      /**
82       * Creates a refined Soundex instance using a custom mapping. This
83       * constructor can be used to customize the mapping, and/or possibly
84       * provide an internationalized mapping for a non-Western character set.
85       *
86       * @param mapping
87       *                  Mapping array to use when finding the corresponding code for
88       *                  a given character.
89       */
90      public RefinedSoundex(final char[] mapping) {
91          this.soundexMapping = mapping.clone();
92      }
93  
94      /**
95       * Creates a refined Soundex instance using a custom mapping. This constructor can be used to customize the mapping,
96       * and/or possibly provide an internationalized mapping for a non-Western character set.
97       *
98       * @param mapping
99       *            Mapping string to use when finding the corresponding code for a given character.
100      * @since 1.4
101      */
102     public RefinedSoundex(final String mapping) {
103         this.soundexMapping = mapping.toCharArray();
104     }
105 
106     /**
107      * Returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the
108      * same. This return value ranges from 0 to the length of the shortest
109      * encoded String: 0 indicates little or no similarity, and 4 out of 4 (for
110      * example) indicates strong similarity or identical values. For refined
111      * Soundex, the return value can be greater than 4.
112      *
113      * @param s1
114      *                  A String that will be encoded and compared.
115      * @param s2
116      *                  A String that will be encoded and compared.
117      * @return The number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the
118      *             same from 0 to the length of the shortest encoded String.
119      *
120      * @see SoundexUtils#difference(StringEncoder,String,String)
121      * @see <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_de-dz_8co5.asp">
122      *          MS T-SQL DIFFERENCE</a>
123      *
124      * @throws EncoderException
125      *                  if an error occurs encoding one of the strings.
126      * @since 1.3
127      */
128     public int difference(final String s1, final String s2) throws EncoderException {
129         return SoundexUtils.difference(this, s1, s2);
130     }
131 
132     /**
133      * Encodes an Object using the refined Soundex algorithm. This method is
134      * provided in order to satisfy the requirements of the Encoder interface,
135      * and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type
136      * {@link String}.
137      *
138      * @param obj
139      *                  Object to encode.
140      * @return An object (or type {@link String}) containing the refined.
141      *             Soundex code which corresponds to the String supplied.
142      * @throws EncoderException
143      *                  if the parameter supplied is not of type {@link String}
144      */
145     @Override
146     public Object encode(final Object obj) throws EncoderException {
147         if (!(obj instanceof String)) {
148             throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to RefinedSoundex encode is not of type java.lang.String");
149         }
150         return soundex((String) obj);
151     }
152 
153     /**
154      * Encodes a String using the refined Soundex algorithm.
155      *
156      * @param str
157      *                  A String object to encode.
158      * @return A Soundex code corresponding to the String supplied.
159      */
160     @Override
161     public String encode(final String str) {
162         return soundex(str);
163     }
164 
165     /**
166      * Returns the mapping code for a given character. The mapping codes are
167      * maintained in an internal char array named soundexMapping, and the
168      * default values of these mappings are US English.
169      *
170      * @param c
171      *                  char to get mapping for.
172      * @return A character (really a numeral) to return for the given char.
173      */
174     char getMappingCode(final char c) {
175         if (!Character.isLetter(c)) {
176             return 0;
177         }
178         final int index = Character.toUpperCase(c) - 'A';
179         if (index < 0 || index >= this.soundexMapping.length) {
180             return 0;
181         }
182         return this.soundexMapping[index];
183     }
184 
185     /**
186      * Retrieves the Refined Soundex code for a given String object.
187      *
188      * @param str
189      *                  String to encode using the Refined Soundex algorithm.
190      * @return A Soundex code for the String supplied.
191      */
192     public String soundex(String str) {
193         if (str == null) {
194             return null;
195         }
196         str = SoundexUtils.clean(str);
197         if (str.isEmpty()) {
198             return str;
199         }
200 
201         final StringBuilder sBuf = new StringBuilder();
202         sBuf.append(str.charAt(0));
203 
204         char last, current;
205         last = '*';
206 
207         for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
208 
209             current = getMappingCode(str.charAt(i));
210             if (current == last) {
211                 continue;
212             }
213             if (current != 0) {
214                 sBuf.append(current);
215             }
216 
217             last = current;
218 
219         }
220 
221         return sBuf.toString();
222     }
223 }