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package org.simmetrics.simplifiers;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static org.apache.commons.codec.language.RefinedSoundex.US_ENGLISH;
/**
* Encodes a string into a Refined Soundex value. A refined soundex code is
* optimized for spell checking words. Soundex method originally developed by
* Margaret Odell and Robert Russell.
*
* This class is immutable and thread-safe.
*
* @see org.apache.commons.codec.language.RefinedSoundex
*/
public final class RefinedSoundex implements Simplifier {
@Override
public String simplify(String input) {
checkNotNull(input);
return US_ENGLISH.soundex(input);
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "RefinedSoundex";
}
}