Example usage for org.apache.commons.codec.language Metaphone isMetaphoneEqual

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.apache.commons.codec.language Metaphone isMetaphoneEqual.

Prototype

public boolean isMetaphoneEqual(String str1, String str2) 

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Tests is the metaphones of two strings are identical.

Usage

From source file:org.eobjects.datacleaner.phonetic.PhoneticSimilarityFinder.java

public boolean matches(String value, SimilarityGroup similarityGroup) {
    // first do exact matching
    for (String similarityGroupValue : similarityGroup.getValues()) {
        if (value.equals(similarityGroupValue)) {
            return true;
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    }

    Soundex soundex = new Soundex();
    RefinedSoundex refinedSoundex = new RefinedSoundex();
    Metaphone metaphone = new Metaphone();

    double threshold;
    if (matchMode == MatchMode.STRICT) {
        threshold = STRICT_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD;
    } else {
        threshold = LOOSE_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD;
    }
    int soundexThreshold = (int) Math.round(threshold * 4);

    for (String similarityGroupValue : similarityGroup.getValues()) {
        boolean metaphoneEquals = metaphone.isMetaphoneEqual(value, similarityGroupValue);
        if (metaphoneEquals) {
            return true;
        }

        try {
            int soundexDiff = soundex.difference(value, similarityGroupValue);

            if (soundexDiff >= soundexThreshold) {
                return true;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            logger.error("Could not determine soundex difference", e);
        }

        int refinedSoundexThreshold = (int) Math
                .round(threshold * Math.min(value.length(), similarityGroupValue.length()));

        try {
            int refinedSoundexDiff = refinedSoundex.difference(value, similarityGroupValue);

            if (refinedSoundexDiff >= refinedSoundexThreshold) {
                return true;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            logger.error("Could not determine refined soundex difference", e);
        }
    }

    return false;
}

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