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package org.apache.commons.codec.language;

Encodes a string into a Caverphone 2.0 value. This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0 algorithm:
See Also:
Version:$Id: Caverphone.java 1075947 2011-03-01 17:56:14Z ggregory $
Since:1.5

This class is immutable and thread-safe.

/** * Encodes a string into a Caverphone 2.0 value. * * This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0 * algorithm: * * @version $Id: Caverphone.java 1075947 2011-03-01 17:56:14Z ggregory $ * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caverphone">Wikipedia - Caverphone</a> * @see <a href="http://caversham.otago.ac.nz/files/working/ctp150804.pdf">Caverphone 2.0 specification</a> * @since 1.5 * * <p>This class is immutable and thread-safe.</p> */
public class Caverphone2 extends AbstractCaverphone { private static final String TEN_1 = "1111111111";
Encodes the given String into a Caverphone 2.0 value.
Params:
  • source – String the source string
Returns:A caverphone code for the given String
/** * Encodes the given String into a Caverphone 2.0 value. * * @param source * String the source string * @return A caverphone code for the given String */
@Override public String encode(final String source) { String txt = source; if (txt == null || txt.length() == 0) { return TEN_1; } // 1. Convert to lowercase txt = txt.toLowerCase(java.util.Locale.ENGLISH); // 2. Remove anything not A-Z txt = txt.replaceAll("[^a-z]", ""); // 2.5. Remove final e txt = txt.replaceAll("e$", ""); // 2.0 only // 3. Handle various start options txt = txt.replaceAll("^cough", "cou2f"); txt = txt.replaceAll("^rough", "rou2f"); txt = txt.replaceAll("^tough", "tou2f"); txt = txt.replaceAll("^enough", "enou2f"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("^trough", "trou2f"); // 2.0 only // note the spec says ^enough here again, c+p error I assume txt = txt.replaceAll("^gn", "2n"); // End txt = txt.replaceAll("mb$", "m2"); // 4. Handle replacements txt = txt.replaceAll("cq", "2q"); txt = txt.replaceAll("ci", "si"); txt = txt.replaceAll("ce", "se"); txt = txt.replaceAll("cy", "sy"); txt = txt.replaceAll("tch", "2ch"); txt = txt.replaceAll("c", "k"); txt = txt.replaceAll("q", "k"); txt = txt.replaceAll("x", "k"); txt = txt.replaceAll("v", "f"); txt = txt.replaceAll("dg", "2g"); txt = txt.replaceAll("tio", "sio"); txt = txt.replaceAll("tia", "sia"); txt = txt.replaceAll("d", "t"); txt = txt.replaceAll("ph", "fh"); txt = txt.replaceAll("b", "p"); txt = txt.replaceAll("sh", "s2"); txt = txt.replaceAll("z", "s"); txt = txt.replaceAll("^[aeiou]", "A"); txt = txt.replaceAll("[aeiou]", "3"); txt = txt.replaceAll("j", "y"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("^y3", "Y3"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("^y", "A"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("y", "3"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("3gh3", "3kh3"); txt = txt.replaceAll("gh", "22"); txt = txt.replaceAll("g", "k"); txt = txt.replaceAll("s+", "S"); txt = txt.replaceAll("t+", "T"); txt = txt.replaceAll("p+", "P"); txt = txt.replaceAll("k+", "K"); txt = txt.replaceAll("f+", "F"); txt = txt.replaceAll("m+", "M"); txt = txt.replaceAll("n+", "N"); txt = txt.replaceAll("w3", "W3"); txt = txt.replaceAll("wh3", "Wh3"); txt = txt.replaceAll("w$", "3"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("w", "2"); txt = txt.replaceAll("^h", "A"); txt = txt.replaceAll("h", "2"); txt = txt.replaceAll("r3", "R3"); txt = txt.replaceAll("r$", "3"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("r", "2"); txt = txt.replaceAll("l3", "L3"); txt = txt.replaceAll("l$", "3"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("l", "2"); // 5. Handle removals txt = txt.replaceAll("2", ""); txt = txt.replaceAll("3$", "A"); // 2.0 only txt = txt.replaceAll("3", ""); // 6. put ten 1s on the end txt = txt + TEN_1; // 7. take the first ten characters as the code return txt.substring(0, TEN_1.length()); } }