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    017package org.apache.commons.codec.language;
    018
    019import java.util.Locale;
    020
    021import org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException;
    022import org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder;
    023
    024/**
    025 * Match Rating Approach Phonetic Algorithm Developed by <CITE>Western Airlines</CITE> in 1977.
    026 *
    027 * This class is immutable and thread-safe.
    028 *
    029 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_rating_approach">Wikipedia - Match Rating Approach</a>
    030 * @since 1.8
    031 */
    032public class MatchRatingApproachEncoder implements StringEncoder {
    033
    034    private static final String SPACE = " ";
    035
    036    private static final String EMPTY = "";
    037
    038    /**
    039     * Constants used mainly for the min rating value.
    040     */
    041    private static final int ONE = 1, TWO = 2, THREE = 3, FOUR = 4, FIVE = 5, SIX = 6, SEVEN = 7, EIGHT = 8,
    042                             ELEVEN = 11, TWELVE = 12;
    043
    044    /**
    045     * The plain letter equivalent of the accented letters.
    046     */
    047    private static final String PLAIN_ASCII = "AaEeIiOoUu" + // grave
    048            "AaEeIiOoUuYy" + // acute
    049            "AaEeIiOoUuYy" + // circumflex
    050            "AaOoNn" + // tilde
    051            "AaEeIiOoUuYy" + // umlaut
    052            "Aa" + // ring
    053            "Cc" + // cedilla
    054            "OoUu"; // double acute
    055
    056    /**
    057     * Unicode characters corresponding to various accented letters. For example: \u00DA is U acute etc...
    058     */
    059    private static final String UNICODE = "\u00C0\u00E0\u00C8\u00E8\u00CC\u00EC\u00D2\u00F2\u00D9\u00F9" +
    060            "\u00C1\u00E1\u00C9\u00E9\u00CD\u00ED\u00D3\u00F3\u00DA\u00FA\u00DD\u00FD" +
    061            "\u00C2\u00E2\u00CA\u00EA\u00CE\u00EE\u00D4\u00F4\u00DB\u00FB\u0176\u0177" +
    062            "\u00C3\u00E3\u00D5\u00F5\u00D1\u00F1" +
    063            "\u00C4\u00E4\u00CB\u00EB\u00CF\u00EF\u00D6\u00F6\u00DC\u00FC\u0178\u00FF" +
    064            "\u00C5\u00E5" + "\u00C7\u00E7" + "\u0150\u0151\u0170\u0171";
    065
    066    private static final String[] DOUBLE_CONSONANT =
    067            new String[] { "BB", "CC", "DD", "FF", "GG", "HH", "JJ", "KK", "LL", "MM", "NN", "PP", "QQ", "RR", "SS",
    068                           "TT", "VV", "WW", "XX", "YY", "ZZ" };
    069
    070    /**
    071     * Cleans up a name: 1. Upper-cases everything 2. Removes some common punctuation 3. Removes accents 4. Removes any
    072     * spaces.
    073     *
    074     * <h2>API Usage</h2>
    075     * <p>
    076     * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
    077     * </p>
    078     *
    079     * @param name
    080     *            The name to be cleaned
    081     * @return The cleaned name
    082     */
    083    String cleanName(final String name) {
    084        String upperName = name.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
    085
    086        final String[] charsToTrim = { "\\-", "[&]", "\\'", "\\.", "[\\,]" };
    087        for (final String str : charsToTrim) {
    088            upperName = upperName.replaceAll(str, EMPTY);
    089        }
    090
    091        upperName = removeAccents(upperName);
    092        upperName = upperName.replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY);
    093
    094        return upperName;
    095    }
    096
    097    /**
    098     * Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algorithm. Method is here to satisfy the requirements of the
    099     * Encoder interface Throws an EncoderException if input object is not of type java.lang.String.
    100     *
    101     * @param pObject
    102     *            Object to encode
    103     * @return An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the Match Rating Approach code which corresponds to the
    104     *         String supplied.
    105     * @throws EncoderException
    106     *             if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String
    107     */
    108    @Override
    109    public final Object encode(final Object pObject) throws EncoderException {
    110        if (!(pObject instanceof String)) {
    111            throw new EncoderException(
    112                    "Parameter supplied to Match Rating Approach encoder is not of type java.lang.String");
    113        }
    114        return encode((String) pObject);
    115    }
    116
    117    /**
    118     * Encodes a String using the Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm.
    119     *
    120     * @param name
    121     *            String object to encode
    122     * @return The MRA code corresponding to the String supplied
    123     */
    124    @Override
    125    public final String encode(String name) {
    126        // Bulletproof for trivial input - NINO
    127        if (name == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name) || name.length() == 1) {
    128            return EMPTY;
    129        }
    130
    131        // Preprocessing
    132        name = cleanName(name);
    133
    134        // BEGIN: Actual encoding part of the algorithm...
    135        // 1. Delete all vowels unless the vowel begins the word
    136        name = removeVowels(name);
    137
    138        // 2. Remove second consonant from any double consonant
    139        name = removeDoubleConsonants(name);
    140
    141        // 3. Reduce codex to 6 letters by joining the first 3 and last 3 letters
    142        name = getFirst3Last3(name);
    143
    144        return name;
    145    }
    146
    147    /**
    148     * Gets the first and last 3 letters of a name (if &gt; 6 characters) Else just returns the name.
    149     *
    150     * <h2>API Usage</h2>
    151     * <p>
    152     * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
    153     * </p>
    154     *
    155     * @param name
    156     *            The string to get the substrings from
    157     * @return Annexed first and last 3 letters of input word.
    158     */
    159    String getFirst3Last3(final String name) {
    160        final int nameLength = name.length();
    161
    162        if (nameLength > SIX) {
    163            final String firstThree = name.substring(0, THREE);
    164            final String lastThree = name.substring(nameLength - THREE, nameLength);
    165            return firstThree + lastThree;
    166        } else {
    167            return name;
    168        }
    169    }
    170
    171    /**
    172     * Obtains the min rating of the length sum of the 2 names. In essence the larger the sum length the smaller the
    173     * min rating. Values strictly from documentation.
    174     *
    175     * <h2>API Usage</h2>
    176     * <p>
    177     * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
    178     * </p>
    179     *
    180     * @param sumLength
    181     *            The length of 2 strings sent down
    182     * @return The min rating value
    183     */
    184    int getMinRating(final int sumLength) {
    185        int minRating = 0;
    186
    187        if (sumLength <= FOUR) {
    188            minRating = FIVE;
    189        } else if (sumLength >= FIVE && sumLength <= SEVEN) {
    190            minRating = FOUR;
    191        } else if (sumLength >= EIGHT && sumLength <= ELEVEN) {
    192            minRating = THREE;
    193        } else if (sumLength == TWELVE) {
    194            minRating = TWO;
    195        } else {
    196            minRating = ONE; // docs said little here.
    197        }
    198
    199        return minRating;
    200    }
    201
    202    /**
    203     * Determines if two names are homophonous via Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. It should be noted that the
    204     * strings are cleaned in the same way as {@link #encode(String)}.
    205     *
    206     * @param name1
    207     *            First of the 2 strings (names) to compare
    208     * @param name2
    209     *            Second of the 2 names to compare
    210     * @return <code>true</code> if the encodings are identical <code>false</code> otherwise.
    211     */
    212    public boolean isEncodeEquals(String name1, String name2) {
    213        // Bulletproof for trivial input - NINO
    214        if (name1 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name1) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name1)) {
    215            return false;
    216        } else if (name2 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name2) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) {
    217            return false;
    218        } else if (name1.length() == 1 || name2.length() == 1) {
    219            return false;
    220        } else if (name1.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) {
    221            return true;
    222        }
    223
    224        // Preprocessing
    225        name1 = cleanName(name1);
    226        name2 = cleanName(name2);
    227
    228        // Actual MRA Algorithm
    229
    230        // 1. Remove vowels
    231        name1 = removeVowels(name1);
    232        name2 = removeVowels(name2);
    233
    234        // 2. Remove double consonants
    235        name1 = removeDoubleConsonants(name1);
    236        name2 = removeDoubleConsonants(name2);
    237
    238        // 3. Reduce down to 3 letters
    239        name1 = getFirst3Last3(name1);
    240        name2 = getFirst3Last3(name2);
    241
    242        // 4. Check for length difference - if 3 or greater then no similarity
    243        // comparison is done
    244        if (Math.abs(name1.length() - name2.length()) >= THREE) {
    245            return false;
    246        }
    247
    248        // 5. Obtain the minimum rating value by calculating the length sum of the
    249        // encoded Strings and sending it down.
    250        final int sumLength = Math.abs(name1.length() + name2.length());
    251        int minRating = 0;
    252        minRating = getMinRating(sumLength);
    253
    254        // 6. Process the encoded Strings from left to right and remove any
    255        // identical characters found from both Strings respectively.
    256        final int count = leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(name1, name2);
    257
    258        // 7. Each PNI item that has a similarity rating equal to or greater than
    259        // the min is considered to be a good candidate match
    260        return count >= minRating;
    261
    262    }
    263
    264    /**
    265     * Determines if a letter is a vowel.
    266     *
    267     * <h2>API Usage</h2>
    268     * <p>
    269     * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
    270     * </p>
    271     *
    272     * @param letter
    273     *            The letter under investiagtion
    274     * @return True if a vowel, else false
    275     */
    276    boolean isVowel(final String letter) {
    277        return letter.equalsIgnoreCase("E") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("A") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("O") ||
    278               letter.equalsIgnoreCase("I") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("U");
    279    }
    280
    281    /**
    282     * Processes the names from left to right (first) then right to left removing identical letters in same positions.
    283     * Then subtracts the longer string that remains from 6 and returns this.
    284     *
    285     * <h2>API Usage</h2>
    286     * <p>
    287     * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
    288     * </p>
    289     *
    290     * @param name1
    291     *            name2
    292     * @return
    293     */
    294    int leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(final String name1, final String name2) {
    295        final char[] name1Char = name1.toCharArray();
    296        final char[] name2Char = name2.toCharArray();
    297
    298        final int name1Size = name1.length() - 1;
    299        final int name2Size = name2.length() - 1;
    300
    301        String name1LtRStart = EMPTY;
    302        String name1LtREnd = EMPTY;
    303
    304        String name2RtLStart = EMPTY;
    305        String name2RtLEnd = EMPTY;
    306
    307        for (int i = 0; i < name1Char.length; i++) {
    308            if (i > name2Size) {
    309                break;
    310            }
    311
    312            name1LtRStart = name1.substring(i, i + 1);
    313            name1LtREnd = name1.substring(name1Size - i, name1Size - i + 1);
    314
    315            name2RtLStart = name2.substring(i, i + 1);
    316            name2RtLEnd = name2.substring(name2Size - i, name2Size - i + 1);
    317
    318            // Left to right...
    319            if (name1LtRStart.equals(name2RtLStart)) {
    320                name1Char[i] = ' ';
    321                name2Char[i] = ' ';
    322            }
    323
    324            // Right to left...
    325            if (name1LtREnd.equals(name2RtLEnd)) {
    326                name1Char[name1Size - i] = ' ';
    327                name2Char[name2Size - i] = ' ';
    328            }
    329        }
    330
    331        // Char arrays -> string & remove extraneous space
    332        final String strA = new String(name1Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY);
    333        final String strB = new String(name2Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY);
    334
    335        // Final bit - subtract longest string from 6 and return this int value
    336        if (strA.length() > strB.length()) {
    337            return Math.abs(SIX - strA.length());
    338        } else {
    339            return Math.abs(SIX - strB.length());
    340        }
    341    }
    342
    343    /**
    344     * Removes accented letters and replaces with non-accented ascii equivalent Case is preserved.
    345     * http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Remove_accent_from_letters_%28ex_.%C3%A9_to_e%29
    346     *
    347     * @param accentedWord
    348     *            The word that may have accents in it.
    349     * @return De-accented word
    350     */
    351    String removeAccents(final String accentedWord) {
    352        if (accentedWord == null) {
    353            return null;
    354        }
    355
    356        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    357        final int n = accentedWord.length();
    358
    359        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    360            final char c = accentedWord.charAt(i);
    361            final int pos = UNICODE.indexOf(c);
    362            if (pos > -1) {
    363                sb.append(PLAIN_ASCII.charAt(pos));
    364            } else {
    365                sb.append(c);
    366            }
    367        }
    368
    369        return sb.toString();
    370    }
    371
    372    /**
    373     * Replaces any double consonant pair with the single letter equivalent.
    374     *
    375     * <h2>API Usage</h2>
    376     * <p>
    377     * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
    378     * </p>
    379     *
    380     * @param name
    381     *            String to have double consonants removed
    382     * @return Single consonant word
    383     */
    384    String removeDoubleConsonants(final String name) {
    385        String replacedName = name.toUpperCase();
    386        for (final String dc : DOUBLE_CONSONANT) {
    387            if (replacedName.contains(dc)) {
    388                final String singleLetter = dc.substring(0, 1);
    389                replacedName = replacedName.replace(dc, singleLetter);
    390            }
    391        }
    392        return replacedName;
    393    }
    394
    395    /**
    396     * Deletes all vowels unless the vowel begins the word.
    397     *
    398     * <h2>API Usage</h2>
    399     * <p>
    400     * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
    401     * </p>
    402     *
    403     * @param name
    404     *            The name to have vowels removed
    405     * @return De-voweled word
    406     */
    407    String removeVowels(String name) {
    408        // Extract first letter
    409        final String firstLetter = name.substring(0, 1);
    410
    411        name = name.replaceAll("A", EMPTY);
    412        name = name.replaceAll("E", EMPTY);
    413        name = name.replaceAll("I", EMPTY);
    414        name = name.replaceAll("O", EMPTY);
    415        name = name.replaceAll("U", EMPTY);
    416
    417        name = name.replaceAll("\\s{2,}\\b", SPACE);
    418
    419        // return isVowel(firstLetter) ? (firstLetter + name) : name;
    420        if (isVowel(firstLetter)) {
    421            return firstLetter + name;
    422        } else {
    423            return name;
    424        }
    425    }
    426}