Class DMSoundex

java.lang.Object
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public class DMSoundex

extends java.lang.Object

This class implements the Daitch Mokotoff Soundex algorithm. More information on this soundex system can be found on these web sites: http://www.avotaynu.com/soundex.html http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/soundex.html#DM You can use it as a command line program, or a java class, and encorporate it into your own Java software. Compile this software with the following command:

    javac DMSoundex.java
 

To use it as a program, do this:

    java DMSoundex [name]
 

If you do not supply a name, then DMSoundex will run it's self test suite, printing out a list of names and their Daitch Mokotoff codes. To use this class from java code, you need to create a DMSoundex object, and then call one of three methods, as shown below:

     String r1 ;
     String r2 ;
     String ra[] ;
     DMSoundex dms = new DMSoundex() ;

     r1 = dms.soundexes("daich") ;
     r2 = dms.sencode("daich") ;
     ra = dms.soundex("daich") ;

     r1 will now contain: "350000 340000"
     r2 will contain "350000"
     ra will be an array with one entry, "350000"

Field Summary

boolean

debug

Constructor Summary

DMSoundex()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getVersion()
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
java.lang.String	sencode(java.lang.String name) Returns the first Daitch Mokotoff Soundex code for the string passed in.
void	setupTests()
java.lang.String	soundex(java.lang.String name) Returns all the Daitch Mokotoff Soundex codes for the string passed in, as a single string, with each code seperated by a space.
java.lang.String[]	soundexes(java.lang.String name) Returns an array of all the Daitch Molokov Soundex codes for the string passed in.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

debug

public boolean debug

Constructor Detail

DMSoundex

public DMSoundex()

Method Detail

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

sencode

public java.lang.String sencode(java.lang.String name)

Returns the first Daitch Mokotoff Soundex code for the string passed in. For example: dms.sencode("chelm") returns "586000"

soundex

public java.lang.String soundex(java.lang.String name)

Returns all the Daitch Mokotoff Soundex codes for the string passed in, as a single string, with each code seperated by a space. For example: dms.soundex("chelm") returns "586000 486000"

soundexes

public java.lang.String[] soundexes(java.lang.String name)

Returns an array of all the Daitch Molokov Soundex codes for the string passed in. For example: dms.soundex("chelm") returns {"586000","486000"}

setupTests

public void setupTests()

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)