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package io.bitsensor.plugins.shaded.org.apache.commons.codec.language;

import io.bitsensor.plugins.shaded.org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException;
import io.bitsensor.plugins.shaded.org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder;

/**
 * Encodes a string into a Caverphone value.
 * 
 * This is an algorithm created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. It implements the Caverphone 2.0
 * algorithm:
 * 
 * @author Apache Software Foundation
 * @version $Id: Caverphone.java 1075947 2011-03-01 17:56:14Z ggregory $
 * @see Wikipedia - Caverphone
 * @since 1.5
 */
public abstract class AbstractCaverphone implements StringEncoder {

    /**
     * Creates an instance of the Caverphone encoder
     */
    public AbstractCaverphone() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Encodes an Object using the caverphone algorithm. This method is provided in order to satisfy the requirements of
     * the Encoder interface, and will throw an EncoderException if the supplied object is not of type java.lang.String.
     * 
     * @param source
     *            Object to encode
     * @return An object (or type java.lang.String) containing the caverphone code which corresponds to the String
     *         supplied.
     * @throws EncoderException
     *             if the parameter supplied is not of type java.lang.String
     */
    public Object encode(Object source) throws EncoderException {
        if (!(source instanceof String)) {
            throw new EncoderException("Parameter supplied to Caverphone encode is not of type java.lang.String");
        }
        return this.encode((String) source);
    }

    /**
     * Tests if the encodings of two strings are equal.
     * 
     * This method might be promoted to a new AbstractStringEncoder superclass.
     * 
     * @param str1
     *            First of two strings to compare
     * @param str2
     *            Second of two strings to compare
     * @return true if the encodings of these strings are identical, false otherwise.
     * @throws EncoderException
     */
    public boolean isEncodeEqual(String str1, String str2) throws EncoderException {
        return this.encode(str1).equals(this.encode(str2));
    }

}