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17  package org.apache.commons.codec.language;
18  
19  import java.util.Locale;
20  
21  import org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException;
22  import org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder;
23  
24  /**
25   * Match Rating Approach Phonetic Algorithm Developed by <CITE>Western Airlines</CITE> in 1977.
26   * <p>
27   * This class is immutable and thread-safe.
28   * </p>
29   *
30   * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_rating_approach">Wikipedia - Match Rating Approach</a>
31   * @since 1.8
32   */
33  public class MatchRatingApproachEncoder implements StringEncoder {
34  
35      private static final String SPACE = " ";
36  
37      private static final String EMPTY = "";
38  
39      /**
40       * The plain letter equivalent of the accented letters.
41       */
42      private static final String PLAIN_ASCII = "AaEeIiOoUu" + // grave
43              "AaEeIiOoUuYy" + // acute
44              "AaEeIiOoUuYy" + // circumflex
45              "AaOoNn" + // tilde
46              "AaEeIiOoUuYy" + // umlaut
47              "Aa" + // ring
48              "Cc" + // cedilla
49              "OoUu"; // double acute
50  
51      /**
52       * Unicode characters corresponding to various accented letters. For example: \u00DA is U acute etc...
53       */
54      private static final String UNICODE = "\u00C0\u00E0\u00C8\u00E8\u00CC\u00EC\u00D2\u00F2\u00D9\u00F9" +
55              "\u00C1\u00E1\u00C9\u00E9\u00CD\u00ED\u00D3\u00F3\u00DA\u00FA\u00DD\u00FD" +
56              "\u00C2\u00E2\u00CA\u00EA\u00CE\u00EE\u00D4\u00F4\u00DB\u00FB\u0176\u0177" +
57              "\u00C3\u00E3\u00D5\u00F5\u00D1\u00F1" +
58              "\u00C4\u00E4\u00CB\u00EB\u00CF\u00EF\u00D6\u00F6\u00DC\u00FC\u0178\u00FF" +
59              "\u00C5\u00E5" + "\u00C7\u00E7" + "\u0150\u0151\u0170\u0171";
60  
61      private static final String[] DOUBLE_CONSONANT =
62              { "BB", "CC", "DD", "FF", "GG", "HH", "JJ", "KK", "LL", "MM", "NN", "PP", "QQ", "RR", "SS",
63                     "TT", "VV", "WW", "XX", "YY", "ZZ" };
64  
65      /**
66       * Cleans up a name: 1. Upper-cases everything 2. Removes some common punctuation 3. Removes accents 4. Removes any
67       * spaces.
68       *
69       * <h2>API Usage</h2>
70       * <p>
71       * Consider this method private, it is package protected for unit testing only.
72       * </p>
73       *
74       * @param name
75       *            The name to be cleaned
76       * @return The cleaned name
77       */
78      String cleanName(final String name) {
79          String upperName = name.toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
80  
81          final String[] charsToTrim = { "\\-", "[&]", "\\'", "\\.", "[\\,]" };
82          for (final String str : charsToTrim) {
83              upperName = upperName.replaceAll(str, EMPTY);
84          }
85  
86          upperName = removeAccents(upperName);
87          return upperName.replaceAll("\\s+", EMPTY);
88      }
89  
90      /**
91       * Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algorithm. Method is here to satisfy the requirements of the
92       * Encoder interface Throws an EncoderException if input object is not of type {@link String}.
93       *
94       * @param pObject
95       *            Object to encode
96       * @return An object (or type {@link String}) containing the Match Rating Approach code which corresponds to the
97       *         String supplied.
98       * @throws EncoderException
99       *             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 &gt; 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 }