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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       * Encodes an Object using the caverphone algorithm. This method is provided in order to satisfy the requirements of
38       * the Encoder interface, and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type {@link String}.
39       *
40       * @param source
41       *            Object to encode
42       * @return An object (or type {@link String}) containing the caverphone code which corresponds to the String
43       *         supplied.
44       * @throws EncoderException
45       *             if the parameter supplied is not of type {@link String}.
46       */
47      @Override
48      public Object encode(final Object source) throws EncoderException {
49          if (!(source instanceof String)) {
50              throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to Caverphone encode is not of type java.lang.String");
51          }
52          return this.encode((String) source);
53      }
54  
55      /**
56       * Tests if the encodings of two strings are equal.
57       *
58       * This method might be promoted to a new AbstractStringEncoder superclass.
59       *
60       * @param str1
61       *            First of two strings to compare
62       * @param str2
63       *            Second of two strings to compare
64       * @return {@code true} if the encodings of these strings are identical, {@code false} otherwise.
65       * @throws EncoderException
66       *             thrown if there is an error condition during the encoding process.
67       */
68      public boolean isEncodeEqual(final String str1, final String str2) throws EncoderException {
69          return this.encode(str1).equals(this.encode(str2));
70      }
71  
72  }