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package org.simmetrics.simplifiers;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static org.apache.commons.codec.language.Soundex.US_ENGLISH;
/**
* Encodes a string into a Soundex value. Soundex is an encoding used to relate
* similar names, but can also be used as a general purpose scheme to find word
* with similar phonemes.
*
* This class is thread-safe and immutable.
*
* @see org.apache.commons.codec.language.Soundex
*/
public final class Soundex implements Simplifier {
@Override
public String toString() {
return "Soundex";
}
@Override
public String simplify(String input) {
checkNotNull(input);
return US_ENGLISH.soundex(input);
}
}