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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 Caverphone value.
25   *
26   * This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0
27   * algorithm:
28   *
29   * <p>This class is immutable and thread-safe.</p>
30   *
31   * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caverphone">Wikipedia - Caverphone</a>
32   * @since 1.5
33   */
34  public abstract class AbstractCaverphone implements StringEncoder {
35  
36      /**
37       * Constructs a new instance for subclasses.
38       */
39      public AbstractCaverphone() {
40          // empty
41      }
42  
43      /**
44       * Encodes an Object using the Caverphone algorithm. This method is provided in order to satisfy the requirements of
45       * the Encoder interface, and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type {@link String}.
46       *
47       * @param source
48       *            Object to encode
49       * @return An object (or type {@link String}) containing the Caverphone code which corresponds to the String
50       *         supplied.
51       * @throws EncoderException
52       *             if the parameter supplied is not of type {@link String}.
53       */
54      @Override
55      public Object encode(final Object source) throws EncoderException {
56          if (!(source instanceof String)) {
57              throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to Caverphone encode is not of type java.lang.String");
58          }
59          return this.encode((String) source);
60      }
61  
62      /**
63       * Tests if the encodings of two strings are equal.
64       *
65       * This method might be promoted to a new AbstractStringEncoder superclass.
66       *
67       * @param str1
68       *            First of two strings to compare
69       * @param str2
70       *            Second of two strings to compare
71       * @return {@code true} if the encodings of these strings are identical, {@code false} otherwise.
72       * @throws EncoderException
73       *             thrown if there is an error condition during the encoding process.
74       */
75      public boolean isEncodeEqual(final String str1, final String str2) throws EncoderException {
76          return this.encode(str1).equals(this.encode(str2));
77      }
78  
79  }