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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       *
49       * @since 1.4
50       */
51      //                                                      ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
52      public static final String US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING = "01360240043788015936020505";
53  
54     /**
55       * RefinedSoundex is *refined* for a number of reasons one being that the
56       * mappings have been altered. This implementation contains default
57       * mappings for US English.
58       */
59      private static final char[] US_ENGLISH_MAPPING = US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING.toCharArray();
60  
61      /**
62       * This static variable contains an instance of the RefinedSoundex using
63       * the US_ENGLISH mapping.
64       */
65      public static final RefinedSoundex US_ENGLISH = new RefinedSoundex();
66  
67      /**
68       * Every letter of the alphabet is "mapped" to a numerical value. This char
69       * array holds the values to which each letter is mapped. This
70       * implementation contains a default map for US_ENGLISH.
71       */
72      private final char[] soundexMapping;
73  
74       /**
75       * Creates an instance of the RefinedSoundex object using the default US
76       * English mapping.
77       */
78      public RefinedSoundex() {
79          this.soundexMapping = US_ENGLISH_MAPPING;
80      }
81  
82      /**
83       * Creates a refined Soundex instance using a custom mapping. This
84       * constructor can be used to customize the mapping, and/or possibly
85       * provide an internationalized mapping for a non-Western character set.
86       *
87       * @param mapping
88       *                  Mapping array to use when finding the corresponding code for
89       *                  a given character.
90       */
91      public RefinedSoundex(final char[] mapping) {
92          this.soundexMapping = mapping.clone();
93      }
94  
95      /**
96       * Creates a refined Soundex instance using a custom mapping. This constructor can be used to customize the mapping,
97       * and/or possibly provide an internationalized mapping for a non-Western character set.
98       *
99       * @param mapping
100      *            Mapping string to use when finding the corresponding code for a given character.
101      * @since 1.4
102      */
103     public RefinedSoundex(final String mapping) {
104         this.soundexMapping = mapping.toCharArray();
105     }
106 
107     /**
108      * Returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the
109      * same. This return value ranges from 0 to the length of the shortest
110      * encoded String: 0 indicates little or no similarity, and 4 out of 4 (for
111      * example) indicates strong similarity or identical values. For refined
112      * Soundex, the return value can be greater than 4.
113      *
114      * @param s1
115      *                  A String that will be encoded and compared.
116      * @param s2
117      *                  A String that will be encoded and compared.
118      * @return The number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the
119      *             same from 0 to the length of the shortest encoded String.
120      *
121      * @see SoundexUtils#difference(StringEncoder,String,String)
122      * @see <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_de-dz_8co5.asp">
123      *          MS T-SQL DIFFERENCE</a>
124      *
125      * @throws EncoderException
126      *                  if an error occurs encoding one of the strings.
127      * @since 1.3
128      */
129     public int difference(final String s1, final String s2) throws EncoderException {
130         return SoundexUtils.difference(this, s1, s2);
131     }
132 
133     /**
134      * Encodes an Object using the refined Soundex algorithm. This method is
135      * provided in order to satisfy the requirements of the Encoder interface,
136      * and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type
137      * {@link String}.
138      *
139      * @param obj
140      *                  Object to encode.
141      * @return An object (or type {@link String}) containing the refined.
142      *             Soundex code which corresponds to the String supplied.
143      * @throws EncoderException
144      *                  if the parameter supplied is not of type {@link String}.
145      */
146     @Override
147     public Object encode(final Object obj) throws EncoderException {
148         if (!(obj instanceof String)) {
149             throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to RefinedSoundex encode is not of type java.lang.String");
150         }
151         return soundex((String) obj);
152     }
153 
154     /**
155      * Encodes a String using the refined Soundex algorithm.
156      *
157      * @param str
158      *                  A String object to encode.
159      * @return A Soundex code corresponding to the String supplied.
160      */
161     @Override
162     public String encode(final String str) {
163         return soundex(str);
164     }
165 
166     /**
167      * Returns the mapping code for a given character. The mapping codes are
168      * maintained in an internal char array named soundexMapping, and the
169      * default values of these mappings are US English.
170      *
171      * @param c
172      *                  char to get mapping for.
173      * @return A character (really a numeral) to return for the given char.
174      */
175     char getMappingCode(final char c) {
176         if (!Character.isLetter(c)) {
177             return 0;
178         }
179         final int index = Character.toUpperCase(c) - 'A';
180         if (index < 0 || index >= this.soundexMapping.length) {
181             return 0;
182         }
183         return this.soundexMapping[index];
184     }
185 
186     /**
187      * Retrieves the Refined Soundex code for a given String object.
188      *
189      * @param str
190      *                  String to encode using the Refined Soundex algorithm.
191      * @return A Soundex code for the String supplied.
192      */
193     public String soundex(String str) {
194         if (str == null) {
195             return null;
196         }
197         str = SoundexUtils.clean(str);
198         if (str.isEmpty()) {
199             return str;
200         }
201 
202         final StringBuilder sBuf = new StringBuilder();
203         sBuf.append(str.charAt(0));
204 
205         char last, current;
206         last = '*';
207 
208         for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
209 
210             current = getMappingCode(str.charAt(i));
211             if (current == last) {
212                 continue;
213             }
214             if (current != 0) {
215                 sBuf.append(current);
216             }
217 
218             last = current;
219 
220         }
221 
222         return sBuf.toString();
223     }
224 }