org.tentackle.common

Class DefaultStringNormalizer

java.lang.Object

org.tentackle.common.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 Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultStringNormalizer() Creates normalizer. With a comma as the field separator.
DefaultStringNormalizer(char fieldSeparator) Creates a normalizer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	apply(String str) Normalizes a string (phonetically) for use as PDO.normText.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Function

andThen, compose, identity

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