1865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian/*
2865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian *
4865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian *
8865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian *
10865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * limitations under the License.
15865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian */
16865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
17865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brianpackage org.apache.commons.codec.language;
18865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
19865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brianimport org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException;
20865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brianimport org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder;
21865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
22865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian/**
23865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * Encodes a string into a Soundex value. Soundex is an encoding used to relate similar names, but can also be used as a
24865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian * general purpose scheme to find word with similar phonemes.
25c223c6b663cd5db39ba19c2be74b88cc3b8f53f3Brian *
26c223c6b663cd5db39ba19c2be74b88cc3b8f53f3Brian * @author Apache Software Foundation
27c223c6b663cd5db39ba19c2be74b88cc3b8f53f3Brian * @version $Id: Soundex.java,v 1.26 2004/07/07 23:15:24 ggregory Exp $
28c223c6b663cd5db39ba19c2be74b88cc3b8f53f3Brian *
29c223c6b663cd5db39ba19c2be74b88cc3b8f53f3Brian * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead.
30865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian *     Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a>
31c968d3d410a1897ecbb41d3557adaef69a4c627aBrian *     for further details.
32865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian */
33865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian@Deprecated
34865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brianpublic class Soundex implements StringEncoder {
35865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
36865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
37865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * An instance of Soundex using the US_ENGLISH_MAPPING mapping.
38865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
39865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @see #US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
40865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
41865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    public static final Soundex US_ENGLISH = new Soundex();
42865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
43865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
44865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * This is a default mapping of the 26 letters used in US English. A value of <code>0</code> for a letter position
45865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * means do not encode.
46865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * <p>
47865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * (This constant is provided as both an implementation convenience and to allow Javadoc to pick
48865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * up the value for the constant values page.)
49865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * </p>
50865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
51865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @see #US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
52865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
53865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    public static final String US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING = "01230120022455012623010202";
54865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
55865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
56865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * This is a default mapping of the 26 letters used in US English. A value of <code>0</code> for a letter position
57865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * means do not encode.
58865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
59865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @see Soundex#Soundex(char[])
60865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
61865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    public static final char[] US_ENGLISH_MAPPING = US_ENGLISH_MAPPING_STRING.toCharArray();
62865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
63865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    // BEGIN android-note
64865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    // Removed @see reference to SoundexUtils below, since the class isn't
65865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    // public.
66865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    // END android-note
67865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
68865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * Encodes the Strings and returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the same. This
69865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * return value ranges from 0 through 4: 0 indicates little or no similarity, and 4 indicates strong similarity or
70865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * identical values.
71865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
72865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @param s1
73865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  A String that will be encoded and compared.
74865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @param s2
75865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  A String that will be encoded and compared.
76865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @return The number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the same from 0 to 4.
77865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
78865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @see <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_de-dz_8co5.asp"> MS
79865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *          T-SQL DIFFERENCE </a>
80865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
81865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @throws EncoderException
82865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  if an error occurs encoding one of the strings
83865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @since 1.3
84865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
85865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    public int difference(String s1, String s2) throws EncoderException {
86865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        return SoundexUtils.difference(this, s1, s2);
87865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    }
88865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
89865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
90865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * The maximum length of a Soundex code - Soundex codes are only four characters by definition.
91865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
92865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @deprecated This feature is not needed since the encoding size must be constant. Will be removed in 2.0.
93865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
94865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    private int maxLength = 4;
95865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
96865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
97865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * Every letter of the alphabet is "mapped" to a numerical value. This char array holds the values to which each
98865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * letter is mapped. This implementation contains a default map for US_ENGLISH
99f6803de7396edda2223adf7ff7445579dbe475c9Brian     */
100f6803de7396edda2223adf7ff7445579dbe475c9Brian    private char[] soundexMapping;
101f6803de7396edda2223adf7ff7445579dbe475c9Brian
102865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
103ced6f76404ff1a6713c85edff17551f82c33cc24Brian     * Creates an instance using US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
104865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
105865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @see Soundex#Soundex(char[])
1063ed1acd13c7876288a5d1ab6d288b1654f0c2e6dBrian     * @see Soundex#US_ENGLISH_MAPPING
107865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
108865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    public Soundex() {
109f3e507ef9f75dbfc58ccd07b5fe8cfca10d9a9e3Brian        this(US_ENGLISH_MAPPING);
110f3e507ef9f75dbfc58ccd07b5fe8cfca10d9a9e3Brian    }
11110b5895597d5e069183cb647d17eb412effceb4fBrian
11260d136f63c5a5a18b12952ec8e8532cbce086a4dBrian    /**
11360d136f63c5a5a18b12952ec8e8532cbce086a4dBrian     * Creates a soundex instance using the given mapping. This constructor can be used to provide an internationalized
11460d136f63c5a5a18b12952ec8e8532cbce086a4dBrian     * mapping for a non-Western character set.
11560d136f63c5a5a18b12952ec8e8532cbce086a4dBrian     *
116e48f0b09abe42aa3393a492af07e53b76ad0ff3cBrian     * Every letter of the alphabet is "mapped" to a numerical value. This char array holds the values to which each
117af0ae93863b4c876e70efa4e7406f04a3409f135Brian     * letter is mapped. This implementation contains a default map for US_ENGLISH
118af0ae93863b4c876e70efa4e7406f04a3409f135Brian     *
119af0ae93863b4c876e70efa4e7406f04a3409f135Brian     * @param mapping
120af0ae93863b4c876e70efa4e7406f04a3409f135Brian     *                  Mapping array to use when finding the corresponding code for a given character
12110b5895597d5e069183cb647d17eb412effceb4fBrian     */
122f6803de7396edda2223adf7ff7445579dbe475c9Brian    public Soundex(char[] mapping) {
123865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        this.setSoundexMapping(mapping);
124865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    }
125865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
126865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
127865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * Encodes an Object using the soundex algorithm. This method is provided in order to satisfy the requirements of
128865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * the Encoder interface, and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type java.lang.String.
129865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
130865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @param pObject
131865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  Object to encode
132f6803de7396edda2223adf7ff7445579dbe475c9Brian     * @return An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the soundex code which corresponds to the String
133f6803de7396edda2223adf7ff7445579dbe475c9Brian     *             supplied.
134f6803de7396edda2223adf7ff7445579dbe475c9Brian     * @throws EncoderException
135865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String
136865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
137865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  if a character is not mapped
138865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
139865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    public Object encode(Object pObject) throws EncoderException {
140865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        if (!(pObject instanceof String)) {
141865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian            throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to Soundex encode is not of type java.lang.String");
142865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        }
143865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        return soundex((String) pObject);
1441c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian    }
145865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
1461c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian    /**
1478b5fce6bcc88cd9dd321f0db95c1714e5e5e85a1Brian     * Encodes a String using the soundex algorithm.
148865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
149865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @param pString
150865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  A String object to encode
151865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @return A Soundex code corresponding to the String supplied
1528b5fce6bcc88cd9dd321f0db95c1714e5e5e85a1Brian     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
153865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  if a character is not mapped
1548b5fce6bcc88cd9dd321f0db95c1714e5e5e85a1Brian     */
1551c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian    public String encode(String pString) {
156865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        return soundex(pString);
1571c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian    }
1581c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian
1598b5fce6bcc88cd9dd321f0db95c1714e5e5e85a1Brian    /**
1601c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     * Used internally by the SoundEx algorithm.
1611c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     *
1621c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     * Consonants from the same code group separated by W or H are treated as one.
1631c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     *
1641c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     * @param str
1651c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     *                  the cleaned working string to encode (in upper case).
1661c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     * @param index
1671c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     *                  the character position to encode
1681c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     * @return Mapping code for a particular character
1691c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
1708b5fce6bcc88cd9dd321f0db95c1714e5e5e85a1Brian     *                  if the character is not mapped
1711c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian     */
1721c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian    private char getMappingCode(String str, int index) {
1731c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian        char mappedChar = this.map(str.charAt(index));
174865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        // HW rule check
175865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        if (index > 1 && mappedChar != '0') {
1761c09bcfdda4083636a3ac27d804a34ef87875ce7Brian            char hwChar = str.charAt(index - 1);
1778b5fce6bcc88cd9dd321f0db95c1714e5e5e85a1Brian            if ('H' == hwChar || 'W' == hwChar) {
178865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian                char preHWChar = str.charAt(index - 2);
179865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian                char firstCode = this.map(preHWChar);
180865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian                if (firstCode == mappedChar || 'H' == preHWChar || 'W' == preHWChar) {
181865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian                    return 0;
182865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian                }
183865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian            }
184865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        }
185865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        return mappedChar;
186865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    }
187865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
188865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
189865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * Returns the maxLength. Standard Soundex
190865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
191865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @deprecated This feature is not needed since the encoding size must be constant. Will be removed in 2.0.
192865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @return int
193865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
194865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    public int getMaxLength() {
195865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        return this.maxLength;
196865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    }
197865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
198865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
199865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * Returns the soundex mapping.
200865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
201865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @return soundexMapping.
202865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     */
203865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    private char[] getSoundexMapping() {
204865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        return this.soundexMapping;
205865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    }
20617ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian
20717ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian    /**
20817ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian     * Maps the given upper-case character to it's Soudex code.
209865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
210865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @param ch
211865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *                  An upper-case character.
212865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @return A Soundex code.
213865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
21417ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian     *                  Thrown if <code>ch</code> is not mapped.
21517ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian     */
21617ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian    private char map(char ch) {
21717ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian        int index = ch - 'A';
21817ad1d12ebf04ebf4b2b35c1c37d36bb4d2bb550Brian        if (index < 0 || index >= this.getSoundexMapping().length) {
219865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The character is not mapped: " + ch);
220865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        }
221865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian        return this.getSoundexMapping()[index];
222865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    }
223865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian
224865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian    /**
225865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     * Sets the maxLength.
226865f88afc0d59d886fb2ad50429e584ecf17fa81Brian     *
227     * @deprecated This feature is not needed since the encoding size must be constant. Will be removed in 2.0.
228     * @param maxLength
229     *                  The maxLength to set
230     */
231    public void setMaxLength(int maxLength) {
232        this.maxLength = maxLength;
233    }
234
235    /**
236     * Sets the soundexMapping.
237     *
238     * @param soundexMapping
239     *                  The soundexMapping to set.
240     */
241    private void setSoundexMapping(char[] soundexMapping) {
242        this.soundexMapping = soundexMapping;
243    }
244
245    /**
246     * Retreives the Soundex code for a given String object.
247     *
248     * @param str
249     *                  String to encode using the Soundex algorithm
250     * @return A soundex code for the String supplied
251     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
252     *                  if a character is not mapped
253     */
254    public String soundex(String str) {
255        if (str == null) {
256            return null;
257        }
258        str = SoundexUtils.clean(str);
259        if (str.length() == 0) {
260            return str;
261        }
262        char out[] = {'0', '0', '0', '0'};
263        char last, mapped;
264        int incount = 1, count = 1;
265        out[0] = str.charAt(0);
266        last = getMappingCode(str, 0);
267        while ((incount < str.length()) && (count < out.length)) {
268            mapped = getMappingCode(str, incount++);
269            if (mapped != 0) {
270                if ((mapped != '0') && (mapped != last)) {
271                    out[count++] = mapped;
272                }
273                last = mapped;
274            }
275        }
276        return new String(out);
277    }
278
279}
280