org.apache.commons.codec.language.bm

Class PhoneticEngine

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.codec.language.bm.PhoneticEngine

public class PhoneticEngine
extends Object

Converts words into potential phonetic representations.

This is a two-stage process. Firstly, the word is converted into a phonetic representation that takes into account the likely source language. Next, this phonetic representation is converted into a pan-European 'average' representation, allowing comparison between different versions of essentially the same word from different languages.

This class is intentionally immutable and thread-safe. If you wish to alter the settings for a PhoneticEngine, you must make a new one with the updated settings.

Ported from phoneticengine.php

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PhoneticEngine(NameType nameType, RuleType ruleType, boolean concat) Generates a new, fully-configured phonetic engine.
PhoneticEngine(NameType nameType, RuleType ruleType, boolean concat, int maxPhonemes) Generates a new, fully-configured phonetic engine.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	encode(String input) Encodes a string to its phonetic representation.
String	encode(String input, Languages.LanguageSet languageSet) Encodes an input string into an output phonetic representation, given a set of possible origin languages.
Lang	getLang() Gets the Lang language guessing rules being used.
int	getMaxPhonemes() Gets the maximum number of phonemes the engine will calculate for a given input.
NameType	getNameType() Gets the NameType being used.
RuleType	getRuleType() Gets the RuleType being used.
boolean	isConcat() Gets if multiple phonetic encodings are concatenated or if just the first one is kept.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PhoneticEngine

public PhoneticEngine(NameType nameType,
                      RuleType ruleType,
                      boolean concat)

Generates a new, fully-configured phonetic engine.

Parameters:

nameType - the type of names it will use

ruleType - the type of rules it will apply

concat - if it will concatenate multiple encodings

PhoneticEngine

public PhoneticEngine(NameType nameType,
                      RuleType ruleType,
                      boolean concat,
                      int maxPhonemes)

Generates a new, fully-configured phonetic engine.

Parameters:

nameType - the type of names it will use

ruleType - the type of rules it will apply

concat - if it will concatenate multiple encodings

maxPhonemes - the maximum number of phonemes that will be handled

Since:

1.7

Method Detail

encode

public String encode(String input)

Encodes a string to its phonetic representation.

Parameters:

input - the String to encode

Returns:

the encoding of the input

encode

public String encode(String input,
                     Languages.LanguageSet languageSet)

Encodes an input string into an output phonetic representation, given a set of possible origin languages.

Parameters:

input - String to phoneticise; a String with dashes or spaces separating each word

languageSet - set of possible origin languages

Returns:

a phonetic representation of the input; a String containing '-'-separated phonetic representations of the input

getLang

public Lang getLang()

Gets the Lang language guessing rules being used.

Returns:

the Lang in use

getMaxPhonemes

public int getMaxPhonemes()

Gets the maximum number of phonemes the engine will calculate for a given input.

Returns:

the maximum number of phonemes

Since:

1.7

getNameType

public NameType getNameType()

Gets the NameType being used.

Returns:

the NameType in use

getRuleType

public RuleType getRuleType()

Gets the RuleType being used.

Returns:

the RuleType in use

isConcat

public boolean isConcat()

Gets if multiple phonetic encodings are concatenated or if just the first one is kept.

Returns:

true if multiple phonetic encodings are returned, false if just the first is