org.apache.commons.codec.language

## Class MatchRatingApproachEncoder

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.commons.codec.language.MatchRatingApproachEncoder

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Encoder, StringEncoder

      public class MatchRatingApproachEncoder
      extends Object
      implements StringEncoder

  Match Rating Approach Phonetic Algorithm Developed by Western Airlines in 1977. This class is immutable and thread-safe.
  Since:
    1.8
  See Also:
    Wikipedia - Match Rating Approach

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `MatchRatingApproachEncoder()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Object` | `encode(Object pObject)` Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algo.
    `String` | `encode(String name)` Encodes a String using the Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm.
    `boolean` | `isEncodeEquals(String name1, String name2)` Determines if two names are homophonous via Match Rating Approach (MRA) algorithm.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### MatchRatingApproachEncoder

          public MatchRatingApproachEncoder()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### encode

          public final Object encode(Object pObject)
                              throws EncoderException

      Encodes an Object using the Match Rating Approach algo. 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.

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