de.hpi.fgis.dude.similarityfunction.contentbased.util
Class SoundEx

java.lang.Object
  de.hpi.fgis.dude.similarityfunction.contentbased.util.SoundEx

public class SoundEx
extends Object

SoundEx implements a phonetic algorithm for indexing names by sound.

Author:

Matthias Pohl

Constructor Summary

SoundEx()

Method Summary

String

getSoundEx(String s) Generates the SoundEx value of the passed String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SoundEx

public SoundEx()

Method Detail

getSoundEx

public String getSoundEx(String s)

Generates the SoundEx value of the passed String.

Parameters:

s - The String whose SoundEx value shall be generated.

Returns:

The SoundEx value of the passed String.