Module org.tentackle.common

Package org.tentackle.common

Interface StringNormalizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultStringNormalizer

public interface StringNormalizer

Translates strings to a reduced char set.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StringNormalizer	getInstance()	The singleton.
String	normalize(String str)	Normalizes a string (phonetically) for use as PDO.normText.
String	unDiacrit(String str, boolean keepLength)	Converts special unicode characters (so-called diacrits) to standard ascii. Supports also special german and northern european "umlauts".

Method Details

getInstance

static StringNormalizer getInstance()

The singleton.

Returns:

the singleton

normalize

String normalize(String str)

Normalizes a string (phonetically) for use as PDO.normText.

Parameters:

str - the string to be normalized

Returns:

the normalized string

unDiacrit

String unDiacrit(String str,
 boolean keepLength)

Converts special unicode characters (so-called diacrits) to standard ascii.
Supports also special german and northern european "umlauts".

Parameters:

str - the string to be converted

keepLength - true if the length should be kept, i.e. no Ä to AE, but to A

Returns:

the converted string