Class MatchRatingApproachEncoder

Constructor Detail

• MatchRatingApproachEncoder

  public MatchRatingApproachEncoder()

Method Detail

• encode

  public final Object encode(Object pObject)
                      throws EncoderException

  Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algorithm. Method is here to satisfy the requirements of the Encoder interface Throws an EncoderException if input object is not of type java.lang.String.

  Specified by:

  encode in interface  Encoder

  Parameters:

  pObject - Object to encode

  Returns:

  An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the Match Rating Approach code which corresponds to the String supplied.

  Throws:

  EncoderException - if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String

• encode

  public final String encode(String name)

  Encodes a String using the Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm.

  Specified by:

  encode in interface  StringEncoder

  Parameters:

  name - String object to encode

  Returns:

  The MRA code corresponding to the String supplied

• isEncodeEquals

  public boolean isEncodeEquals(String name1,
                       String name2)

  Determines if two names are homophonous via Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm. It should be noted that the strings are cleaned in the same way as encode(String).

  Parameters:

  name1 - First of the 2 strings (names) to compare

  name2 - Second of the 2 names to compare

  Returns:

  true if the encodings are identical false otherwise.