LanguageUsage.java Source code

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import org.apache.commons.codec.*;
import org.apache.commons.codec.language.*;

public class LanguageUsage {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        LanguageUsage codec = new LanguageUsage();
        try {
            codec.start();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e);
        }
    }

    public void start() throws EncoderException, DecoderException {

        String word1 = "Wilson";
        String word2 = "Wylson";
        String foreignWord1 = "Otto";
        String foreignWord2 = "Auto";

        Soundex sndx = new Soundex();
        DoubleMetaphone doubleMetaphone = new DoubleMetaphone();

        System.err.println("Soundex Code for Wilson is: " + sndx.encode("Wilson"));
        System.err.println("Soundex Code for Wylson is: " + sndx.encode("Wylson"));

        // Use the StringEncoderComparator to compare these two Strings
        StringEncoderComparator comparator1 = new StringEncoderComparator(sndx);
        System.err
                .println("Are Wilson and Wylson same based on Soundex? " + comparator1.compare("Wilson", "Wylson"));

        System.err.println("Are Auto and Otto same based on Soundex? " + comparator1.compare("Auto", "Otto"));

        StringEncoderComparator comparator2 = new StringEncoderComparator(doubleMetaphone);

        System.err
                .println("Are Auto and Otto same based on DoubleMetaphone? " + comparator2.compare("Auto", "Otto"));

        System.err.println(
                "Double Metaphone primary code for Schmidt: " + doubleMetaphone.doubleMetaphone("Schmidt"));

        System.err.println(
                "Double Metaphone secondary code for Schmidt: " + doubleMetaphone.doubleMetaphone("Schmidt", true));

    }
}