org.simmetrics.simplifiers

Class Soundex

java.lang.Object

org.simmetrics.simplifiers.Soundex

All Implemented Interfaces:

Simplifier

Deprecated.

will be removed due to a lack of a good use case

@Deprecated
public final class Soundex
extends Object
implements Simplifier

Encodes a string into a Soundex value. Soundex is an encoding used to relate similar names, but can also be used as a general purpose scheme to find word with similar phonemes.

This class is thread-safe and immutable.

See Also:

Soundex

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Soundex() Deprecated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	simplify(String input) Deprecated. Simplifiers the input string.
String	toString() Deprecated.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Soundex

public Soundex()

Deprecated.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

simplify

public String simplify(String input)

Deprecated.

Description copied from interface: Simplifier

Simplifiers the input string.

Specified by:

simplify in interface Simplifier

Parameters:

input - string to simplify

Returns:

a simplified string