org.egothor.parser.filter
Class Nysiis

java.lang.Object
  org.egothor.parser.filter.Nysiis

public class Nysiis
extends java.lang.Object

This module implements the New York State Identification and Intelligence System (NYSIIS) Phonetic Code.

This version contains improvements by David Dossot <david@dossot.net>.

Author:

David Dossot, Leo Galambos (implementation of lowercase style)

Constructor Summary

Nysiis()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	encode(java.lang.String originalWord) encode - Nysiis phonetic encoding.
java.lang.String	reduceDuplicates(java.lang.String word) Description of the Method
java.lang.StringBuilder	reduceDuplicates(java.lang.StringBuilder word) Description of the Method
static java.lang.String	sencode(java.lang.String word) Description of the Method

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Nysiis

public Nysiis()

Method Detail

sencode

public static java.lang.String sencode(java.lang.String word)

Description of the Method

Parameters:

word - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

encode

public java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String originalWord)

encode - Nysiis phonetic encoding.

Parameters:

originalWord - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

String - the encoded word

reduceDuplicates

public java.lang.String reduceDuplicates(java.lang.String word)

Description of the Method

Parameters:

word - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

reduceDuplicates

public java.lang.StringBuilder reduceDuplicates(java.lang.StringBuilder word)

Description of the Method

Parameters:

word - Description of the Parameter

Returns:

Description of the Return Value