Class: PhoneticStringComparator (private in PhoneticStringUtilities

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • constant
  • instance creation
  • queries
  • utilities
• Instance protocol
  • api
  • initialization
• Examples

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--PhoneticStringUtilities::PhoneticStringComparator
      |
      +--PhoneticStringUtilities::DaitchMokotoffStringComparator
      |
      +--PhoneticStringUtilities::DoubleMetaphoneStringComparator
      |
      +--PhoneticStringUtilities::ExtendedSoundexStringComparator
      |
      +--PhoneticStringUtilities::SingleResultPhoneticStringComparator

Package:

stx:libbasic2

Category:

Collections-Text-Support

Owner:

PhoneticStringUtilities

Description:

abstract superclass for various phonetic comparators.
They returns similar strings for similar sounding words, which can be used
to find similar sounding words in a search list.

Notice, that some comparators are better for particular languages.

Class protocol:

 defaultClass

 new

 isAbstract

 encode: word

SoundexStringComparator encode:'Fischer' -> 'F260'
Caverphone2StringComparator encode:'Fischer' -> 'FSKA111111'
KoelnerPhoneticCodeStringComparator encode:'Fischer' -> '387'
MRAStringComparator encode:'Fischer' -> 'FSCHR'
SpanishPhoneticCodeStringComparator encode:'Fischer' -> '24429'

Instance protocol:

 does: aString soundLike: anotherString

PhoneticStringUtilities::SoundexStringComparator new
does:'miller' soundLike:'miler'.

PhoneticStringUtilities::SoundexStringComparator new
does:'miller' soundLike:'milner'.

PhoneticStringUtilities::SoundexStringComparator new
does:'müller' soundLike:'mueller'.

PhoneticStringUtilities::KoelnerPhoneticCodeStringComparator new
does:'müller' soundLike:'mueller'.

 phoneticStringsFor: aString

Should answer an array of alternate phonetic strings for the given input string.

** This method raises an error - it must be redefined in concrete classes **

 initialize

Invoked when a new instance is created.

usage example(s):

super initialize. -- commented since inherited method does nothing

Examples: