Class DefaultStringNormalizer

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Function<String,​String>

    public class DefaultStringNormalizer
    extends Object
    implements Function<String,​String>
    The default normalizer (works sufficiently for most western languages).
    Author:
    harald
    • Constructor Detail

      • DefaultStringNormalizer

        public DefaultStringNormalizer​(char fieldSeparator)
        Creates a normalizer.
        Parameters:
        fieldSeparator - separator between text fields, 0 if none
      • DefaultStringNormalizer

        public DefaultStringNormalizer()
        Creates normalizer.
        With a comma as the field separator.
    • Method Detail

      • apply

        public String apply​(String str)
        Normalizes a string (phonetically) for use as PDO.normText.
        Specified by:
        apply in interface Function<String,​String>
        Parameters:
        str - the string to be normalized
        Returns:
        the normalized string