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package opennlp.uima.normalizer;

import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * This class contains methods to parse numbers which occur
 * in natural language texts.
 */
public final class NumberUtil {

  /**
   * Checks if the language is supported.
   * 
   * @param languageCode
   * @return
   */
  public static boolean isLanguageSupported(String languageCode) {
    Locale locale = new Locale(languageCode);

    Locale possibleLocales[] = NumberFormat.getAvailableLocales();

    boolean isLocaleSupported = false;

    for (int i = 0; i < possibleLocales.length; i++) {
      // search if local is contained
      if (possibleLocales[i].equals(locale)) {
        isLocaleSupported = true;
        break;
      }
    }

    return isLocaleSupported;
  }

  /**
   * Removes trailing and containing space.
   */
  private static String removeChar(String string, char remove) {

    StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();

    int lastPosition = 0;
    int position = 0;
    while ((position = string.indexOf(remove, lastPosition)) != -1) {
      result.append(string.substring(lastPosition, position));
      lastPosition = position + 1;
    }

    result.append(string.substring(lastPosition, string.length()));

    return result.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Gives its best to parse the provided number.
   * 
   * @param number
   * @param languageCode
   * @return
   * @throws ParseException
   */
  public static Number parse(String number, String languageCode)
      throws ParseException {

    if (!isLanguageSupported(languageCode)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Language is not supported!");
    }

    Locale locale = new Locale(languageCode);

    NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getInstance(locale);

    number = number.trim();
    number = removeChar(number, ' ');

    return numberFormat.parse(number);
  }
}