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For example: \u00DA is U acute etc... 053 */ 054 private static final String UNICODE = "\u00C0\u00E0\u00C8\u00E8\u00CC\u00EC\u00D2\u00F2\u00D9\u00F9" + 055 "\u00C1\u00E1\u00C9\u00E9\u00CD\u00ED\u00D3\u00F3\u00DA\u00FA\u00DD\u00FD" + 056 "\u00C2\u00E2\u00CA\u00EA\u00CE\u00EE\u00D4\u00F4\u00DB\u00FB\u0176\u0177" + 057 "\u00C3\u00E3\u00D5\u00F5\u00D1\u00F1" + 058 "\u00C4\u00E4\u00CB\u00EB\u00CF\u00EF\u00D6\u00F6\u00DC\u00FC\u0178\u00FF" + 059 "\u00C5\u00E5" + "\u00C7\u00E7" + "\u0150\u0151\u0170\u0171"; 060 061 private static final String[] DOUBLE_CONSONANT = 062 { "BB", "CC", "DD", "FF", "GG", "HH", "JJ", "KK", "LL", "MM", "NN", "PP", "QQ", "RR", "SS", 063 "TT", "VV", "WW", "XX", "YY", "ZZ" }; 064 065 /** 066 * Constructs a new instance. 067 */ 068 public MatchRatingApproachEncoder() { 069 // empty 070 } 071 072 /** 073 * Cleans up a name: 1. Upper-cases everything 2. Removes some common punctuation 3. Removes accents 4. Removes any 074 * spaces. 075 * 076 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 077 * <p> 078 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 079 * </p> 080 * 081 * @param name 082 * The name to be cleaned 083 * @return The cleaned name 084 */ 085 String cleanName(final String name) { 086 String upperName = name.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); 087 088 final String[] charsToTrim = { "\\-", "[&]", "\\'", "\\.", "[\\,]" }; 089 for (final String str : charsToTrim) { 090 upperName = upperName.replaceAll(str, EMPTY); 091 } 092 093 upperName = removeAccents(upperName); 094 return upperName.replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 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 {@link String}. 100 * 101 * @param pObject 102 * Object to encode 103 * @return An object (or type {@link 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 {@link 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 // Bulletproof if name becomes empty after cleanName(name) 135 if (SPACE.equals(name) || name.isEmpty()) { 136 return EMPTY; 137 } 138 139 // BEGIN: Actual encoding part of the algorithm... 140 // 1. Delete all vowels unless the vowel begins the word 141 name = removeVowels(name); 142 143 // Bulletproof if name becomes empty after removeVowels(name) 144 if (SPACE.equals(name) || name.isEmpty()) { 145 return EMPTY; 146 } 147 148 // 2. Remove second consonant from any double consonant 149 name = removeDoubleConsonants(name); 150 151 return getFirst3Last3(name); 152 } 153 154 /** 155 * Gets the first and last 3 letters of a name (if > 6 characters) Else just returns the name. 156 * 157 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 158 * <p> 159 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 160 * </p> 161 * 162 * @param name 163 * The string to get the substrings from 164 * @return Annexed first and last 3 letters of input word. 165 */ 166 String getFirst3Last3(final String name) { 167 final int nameLength = name.length(); 168 169 if (nameLength > 6) { 170 final String firstThree = name.substring(0, 3); 171 final String lastThree = name.substring(nameLength - 3, nameLength); 172 return firstThree + lastThree; 173 } 174 return name; 175 } 176 177 /** 178 * Obtains the min rating of the length sum of the 2 names. In essence the larger the sum length the smaller the 179 * min rating. Values strictly from documentation. 180 * 181 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 182 * <p> 183 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 184 * </p> 185 * 186 * @param sumLength 187 * The length of 2 strings sent down 188 * @return The min rating value 189 */ 190 int getMinRating(final int sumLength) { 191 int minRating = 0; 192 193 if (sumLength <= 4) { 194 minRating = 5; 195 } else if (sumLength <= 7) { // already know it is at least 5 196 minRating = 4; 197 } else if (sumLength <= 11) { // already know it is at least 8 198 minRating = 3; 199 } else if (sumLength == 12) { 200 minRating = 2; 201 } else { 202 minRating = 1; // docs said little here. 203 } 204 205 return minRating; 206 } 207 208 /** 209 * Determines if two names are homophonous via Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. It should be noted that the 210 * strings are cleaned in the same way as {@link #encode(String)}. 211 * 212 * @param name1 213 * First of the 2 strings (names) to compare 214 * @param name2 215 * Second of the 2 names to compare 216 * @return {@code true} if the encodings are identical {@code false} otherwise. 217 */ 218 public boolean isEncodeEquals(String name1, String name2) { 219 // Bulletproof for trivial input - NINO 220 if (name1 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name1) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name1)) { 221 return false; 222 } 223 if (name2 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name2) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) { 224 return false; 225 } 226 if (name1.length() == 1 || name2.length() == 1) { 227 return false; 228 } 229 if (name1.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) { 230 return true; 231 } 232 233 // Preprocessing 234 name1 = cleanName(name1); 235 name2 = cleanName(name2); 236 237 // Actual MRA Algorithm 238 239 // 1. Remove vowels 240 name1 = removeVowels(name1); 241 name2 = removeVowels(name2); 242 243 // 2. Remove double consonants 244 name1 = removeDoubleConsonants(name1); 245 name2 = removeDoubleConsonants(name2); 246 247 // 3. Reduce down to 3 letters 248 name1 = getFirst3Last3(name1); 249 name2 = getFirst3Last3(name2); 250 251 // 4. Check for length difference - if 3 or greater, then no similarity 252 // comparison is done 253 if (Math.abs(name1.length() - name2.length()) >= 3) { 254 return false; 255 } 256 257 // 5. Obtain the minimum rating value by calculating the length sum of the 258 // encoded Strings and sending it down. 259 final int sumLength = Math.abs(name1.length() + name2.length()); 260 final int minRating = getMinRating(sumLength); 261 262 // 6. Process the encoded Strings from left to right and remove any 263 // identical characters found from both Strings respectively. 264 final int count = leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(name1, name2); 265 266 // 7. Each PNI item that has a similarity rating equal to or greater than 267 // the min is considered to be a good candidate match 268 return count >= minRating; 269 270 } 271 272 /** 273 * Determines if a letter is a vowel. 274 * 275 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 276 * <p> 277 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 278 * </p> 279 * 280 * @param letter 281 * The letter under investigation 282 * @return True if a vowel, else false 283 */ 284 boolean isVowel(final String letter) { 285 return letter.equalsIgnoreCase("E") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("A") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("O") || 286 letter.equalsIgnoreCase("I") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("U"); 287 } 288 289 /** 290 * Processes the names from left to right (first) then right to left removing identical letters in same positions. 291 * Then subtracts the longer string that remains from 6 and returns this. 292 * 293 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 294 * <p> 295 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 296 * </p> 297 * 298 * @param name1 299 * name2 300 * @return the length as above 301 */ 302 int leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(final String name1, final String name2) { 303 final char[] name1Char = name1.toCharArray(); 304 final char[] name2Char = name2.toCharArray(); 305 306 final int name1Size = name1.length() - 1; 307 final int name2Size = name2.length() - 1; 308 309 String name1LtRStart = EMPTY; 310 String name1LtREnd = EMPTY; 311 312 String name2RtLStart = EMPTY; 313 String name2RtLEnd = EMPTY; 314 315 for (int i = 0; i < name1Char.length; i++) { 316 if (i > name2Size) { 317 break; 318 } 319 320 name1LtRStart = name1.substring(i, i + 1); 321 name1LtREnd = name1.substring(name1Size - i, name1Size - i + 1); 322 323 name2RtLStart = name2.substring(i, i + 1); 324 name2RtLEnd = name2.substring(name2Size - i, name2Size - i + 1); 325 326 // Left to right... 327 if (name1LtRStart.equals(name2RtLStart)) { 328 name1Char[i] = ' '; 329 name2Char[i] = ' '; 330 } 331 332 // Right to left... 333 if (name1LtREnd.equals(name2RtLEnd)) { 334 name1Char[name1Size - i] = ' '; 335 name2Char[name2Size - i] = ' '; 336 } 337 } 338 339 // Char arrays -> string & remove extraneous space 340 final String strA = new String(name1Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 341 final String strB = new String(name2Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 342 343 // Final bit - subtract the longest string from 6 and return this int value 344 if (strA.length() > strB.length()) { 345 return Math.abs(6 - strA.length()); 346 } 347 return Math.abs(6 - strB.length()); 348 } 349 350 /** 351 * Removes accented letters and replaces with non-accented ASCII equivalent Case is preserved. 352 * http://www.codecodex.com/wiki/Remove_accent_from_letters_%28ex_.%C3%A9_to_e%29 353 * 354 * @param accentedWord 355 * The word that may have accents in it. 356 * @return De-accented word 357 */ 358 String removeAccents(final String accentedWord) { 359 if (accentedWord == null) { 360 return null; 361 } 362 363 final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); 364 final int n = accentedWord.length(); 365 366 for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { 367 final char c = accentedWord.charAt(i); 368 final int pos = UNICODE.indexOf(c); 369 if (pos > -1) { 370 sb.append(PLAIN_ASCII.charAt(pos)); 371 } else { 372 sb.append(c); 373 } 374 } 375 376 return sb.toString(); 377 } 378 379 /** 380 * Replaces any double consonant pair with the single letter equivalent. 381 * 382 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 383 * <p> 384 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 385 * </p> 386 * 387 * @param name 388 * String to have double consonants removed 389 * @return Single consonant word 390 */ 391 String removeDoubleConsonants(final String name) { 392 String replacedName = name.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); 393 for (final String dc : DOUBLE_CONSONANT) { 394 if (replacedName.contains(dc)) { 395 final String singleLetter = dc.substring(0, 1); 396 replacedName = replacedName.replace(dc, singleLetter); 397 } 398 } 399 return replacedName; 400 } 401 402 /** 403 * Deletes all vowels unless the vowel begins the word. 404 * 405 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 406 * <p> 407 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 408 * </p> 409 * 410 * @param name 411 * The name to have vowels removed 412 * @return De-voweled word 413 */ 414 String removeVowels(String name) { 415 // Extract first letter 416 final String firstLetter = name.substring(0, 1); 417 418 name = name.replace("A", EMPTY); 419 name = name.replace("E", EMPTY); 420 name = name.replace("I", EMPTY); 421 name = name.replace("O", EMPTY); 422 name = name.replace("U", EMPTY); 423 424 name = name.replaceAll("\\s{2,}\\b", SPACE); 425 426 // return isVowel(firstLetter) ? (firstLetter + name) : name; 427 if (isVowel(firstLetter)) { 428 return firstLetter + name; 429 } 430 return name; 431 } 432}