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    017
    018package org.apache.commons.codec.language;
    019
    020import org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException;
    021import org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder;
    022
    023/**
    024 * Encodes a string into a Caverphone value.
    025 *
    026 * This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0
    027 * algorithm:
    028 *
    029 * <p>This class is immutable and thread-safe.</p>
    030 *
    031 * @version $Id: Caverphone.java 1075947 2011-03-01 17:56:14Z ggregory $
    032 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caverphone">Wikipedia - Caverphone</a>
    033 * @since 1.5
    034 */
    035public abstract class AbstractCaverphone implements StringEncoder {
    036
    037    /**
    038     * Creates an instance of the Caverphone encoder
    039     */
    040    public AbstractCaverphone() {
    041        super();
    042    }
    043
    044    /**
    045     * Encodes an Object using the caverphone algorithm. This method is provided in order to satisfy the requirements of
    046     * the Encoder interface, and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type java.lang.String.
    047     *
    048     * @param source
    049     *            Object to encode
    050     * @return An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the caverphone code which corresponds to the String
    051     *         supplied.
    052     * @throws EncoderException
    053     *             if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String
    054     */
    055    @Override
    056    public Object encode(final Object source) throws EncoderException {
    057        if (!(source instanceof String)) {
    058            throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to Caverphone encode is not of type java.lang.String");
    059        }
    060        return this.encode((String) source);
    061    }
    062
    063    /**
    064     * Tests if the encodings of two strings are equal.
    065     *
    066     * This method might be promoted to a new AbstractStringEncoder superclass.
    067     *
    068     * @param str1
    069     *            First of two strings to compare
    070     * @param str2
    071     *            Second of two strings to compare
    072     * @return <code>true</code> if the encodings of these strings are identical, <code>false</code> otherwise.
    073     * @throws EncoderException
    074     *             thrown if there is an error condition during the encoding process.
    075     */
    076    public boolean isEncodeEqual(final String str1, final String str2) throws EncoderException {
    077        return this.encode(str1).equals(this.encode(str2));
    078    }
    079
    080}