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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 * Cleans up a name: 1. Upper-cases everything 2. Removes some common punctuation 3. Removes accents 4. Removes any 067 * spaces. 068 * 069 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 070 * <p> 071 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 072 * </p> 073 * 074 * @param name 075 * The name to be cleaned 076 * @return The cleaned name 077 */ 078 String cleanName(final String name) { 079 String upperName = name.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH); 080 081 final String[] charsToTrim = { "\\-", "[&]", "\\'", "\\.", "[\\,]" }; 082 for (final String str : charsToTrim) { 083 upperName = upperName.replaceAll(str, EMPTY); 084 } 085 086 upperName = removeAccents(upperName); 087 return upperName.replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 088 } 089 090 /** 091 * Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algorithm. Method is here to satisfy the requirements of the 092 * Encoder interface Throws an EncoderException if input object is not of type {@link String}. 093 * 094 * @param pObject 095 * Object to encode 096 * @return An object (or type {@link String}) containing the Match Rating Approach code which corresponds to the 097 * String supplied. 098 * @throws EncoderException 099 * if the parameter supplied is not of type {@link String} 100 */ 101 @Override 102 public final Object encode(final Object pObject) throws EncoderException { 103 if (!(pObject instanceof String)) { 104 throw new EncoderException( 105 "Parameter supplied to Match Rating Approach encoder is not of type java.lang.String"); 106 } 107 return encode((String) pObject); 108 } 109 110 /** 111 * Encodes a String using the Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. 112 * 113 * @param name 114 * String object to encode 115 * @return The MRA code corresponding to the String supplied 116 */ 117 @Override 118 public final String encode(String name) { 119 // Bulletproof for trivial input - NINO 120 if (name == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name) || name.length() == 1) { 121 return EMPTY; 122 } 123 124 // Preprocessing 125 name = cleanName(name); 126 127 // Bulletproof if name becomes empty after cleanName(name) 128 if (SPACE.equals(name) || name.isEmpty()) { 129 return EMPTY; 130 } 131 132 // BEGIN: Actual encoding part of the algorithm... 133 // 1. Delete all vowels unless the vowel begins the word 134 name = removeVowels(name); 135 136 // Bulletproof if name becomes empty after removeVowels(name) 137 if (SPACE.equals(name) || name.isEmpty()) { 138 return EMPTY; 139 } 140 141 // 2. Remove second consonant from any double consonant 142 name = removeDoubleConsonants(name); 143 144 return getFirst3Last3(name); 145 } 146 147 /** 148 * Gets the first and last 3 letters of a name (if > 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 > 6) { 163 final String firstThree = name.substring(0, 3); 164 final String lastThree = name.substring(nameLength - 3, nameLength); 165 return firstThree + lastThree; 166 } 167 return name; 168 } 169 170 /** 171 * Obtains the min rating of the length sum of the 2 names. In essence the larger the sum length the smaller the 172 * min rating. Values strictly from documentation. 173 * 174 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 175 * <p> 176 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 177 * </p> 178 * 179 * @param sumLength 180 * The length of 2 strings sent down 181 * @return The min rating value 182 */ 183 int getMinRating(final int sumLength) { 184 int minRating = 0; 185 186 if (sumLength <= 4) { 187 minRating = 5; 188 } else if (sumLength <= 7) { // already know it is at least 5 189 minRating = 4; 190 } else if (sumLength <= 11) { // already know it is at least 8 191 minRating = 3; 192 } else if (sumLength == 12) { 193 minRating = 2; 194 } else { 195 minRating = 1; // docs said little here. 196 } 197 198 return minRating; 199 } 200 201 /** 202 * Determines if two names are homophonous via Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. It should be noted that the 203 * strings are cleaned in the same way as {@link #encode(String)}. 204 * 205 * @param name1 206 * First of the 2 strings (names) to compare 207 * @param name2 208 * Second of the 2 names to compare 209 * @return {@code true} if the encodings are identical {@code false} otherwise. 210 */ 211 public boolean isEncodeEquals(String name1, String name2) { 212 // Bulletproof for trivial input - NINO 213 if (name1 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name1) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name1)) { 214 return false; 215 } 216 if (name2 == null || EMPTY.equalsIgnoreCase(name2) || SPACE.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) { 217 return false; 218 } 219 if (name1.length() == 1 || name2.length() == 1) { 220 return false; 221 } 222 if (name1.equalsIgnoreCase(name2)) { 223 return true; 224 } 225 226 // Preprocessing 227 name1 = cleanName(name1); 228 name2 = cleanName(name2); 229 230 // Actual MRA Algorithm 231 232 // 1. Remove vowels 233 name1 = removeVowels(name1); 234 name2 = removeVowels(name2); 235 236 // 2. Remove double consonants 237 name1 = removeDoubleConsonants(name1); 238 name2 = removeDoubleConsonants(name2); 239 240 // 3. Reduce down to 3 letters 241 name1 = getFirst3Last3(name1); 242 name2 = getFirst3Last3(name2); 243 244 // 4. Check for length difference - if 3 or greater, then no similarity 245 // comparison is done 246 if (Math.abs(name1.length() - name2.length()) >= 3) { 247 return false; 248 } 249 250 // 5. Obtain the minimum rating value by calculating the length sum of the 251 // encoded Strings and sending it down. 252 final int sumLength = Math.abs(name1.length() + name2.length()); 253 final int minRating = getMinRating(sumLength); 254 255 // 6. Process the encoded Strings from left to right and remove any 256 // identical characters found from both Strings respectively. 257 final int count = leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(name1, name2); 258 259 // 7. Each PNI item that has a similarity rating equal to or greater than 260 // the min is considered to be a good candidate match 261 return count >= minRating; 262 263 } 264 265 /** 266 * Determines if a letter is a vowel. 267 * 268 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 269 * <p> 270 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 271 * </p> 272 * 273 * @param letter 274 * The letter under investigation 275 * @return True if a vowel, else false 276 */ 277 boolean isVowel(final String letter) { 278 return letter.equalsIgnoreCase("E") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("A") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("O") || 279 letter.equalsIgnoreCase("I") || letter.equalsIgnoreCase("U"); 280 } 281 282 /** 283 * Processes the names from left to right (first) then right to left removing identical letters in same positions. 284 * Then subtracts the longer string that remains from 6 and returns this. 285 * 286 * <h2>API Usage</h2> 287 * <p> 288 * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only. 289 * </p> 290 * 291 * @param name1 292 * name2 293 * @return the length as above 294 */ 295 int leftToRightThenRightToLeftProcessing(final String name1, final String name2) { 296 final char[] name1Char = name1.toCharArray(); 297 final char[] name2Char = name2.toCharArray(); 298 299 final int name1Size = name1.length() - 1; 300 final int name2Size = name2.length() - 1; 301 302 String name1LtRStart = EMPTY; 303 String name1LtREnd = EMPTY; 304 305 String name2RtLStart = EMPTY; 306 String name2RtLEnd = EMPTY; 307 308 for (int i = 0; i < name1Char.length; i++) { 309 if (i > name2Size) { 310 break; 311 } 312 313 name1LtRStart = name1.substring(i, i + 1); 314 name1LtREnd = name1.substring(name1Size - i, name1Size - i + 1); 315 316 name2RtLStart = name2.substring(i, i + 1); 317 name2RtLEnd = name2.substring(name2Size - i, name2Size - i + 1); 318 319 // Left to right... 320 if (name1LtRStart.equals(name2RtLStart)) { 321 name1Char[i] = ' '; 322 name2Char[i] = ' '; 323 } 324 325 // Right to left... 326 if (name1LtREnd.equals(name2RtLEnd)) { 327 name1Char[name1Size - i] = ' '; 328 name2Char[name2Size - i] = ' '; 329 } 330 } 331 332 // Char arrays -> string & remove extraneous space 333 final String strA = new String(name1Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 334 final String strB = new String(name2Char).replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY); 335 336 // Final bit - subtract the longest string from 6 and return this int value 337 if (strA.length() > strB.length()) { 338 return Math.abs(6 - strA.length()); 339 } 340 return Math.abs(6 - strB.length()); 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(Locale.ENGLISH); 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.replace("A", EMPTY); 412 name = name.replace("E", EMPTY); 413 name = name.replace("I", EMPTY); 414 name = name.replace("O", EMPTY); 415 name = name.replace("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 } 423 return name; 424 } 425}