/**
* Retreives the Soundex code for a given String object.
*
* @param str String to encode using the Soundex algorithm
* @return A soundex code for the String supplied
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if a character is not mapped
*/
@DSGenerator(
tool_name = "Doppelganger",
tool_version = "2.0",
generated_on = "2014-09-03 14:59:48.718 -0400",
hash_original_method = "0EBBB65C00DFAFB7B6E0400F5755712C",
hash_generated_method = "94B188BA634D9793A5790601BA8B7F45")
public String soundex(String str) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
str = SoundexUtils.clean(str);
if (str.length() == 0) {
return str;
}
char out[] = {'0', '0', '0', '0'};
char last, mapped;
int incount = 1, count = 1;
out[0] = str.charAt(0);
last = getMappingCode(str, 0);
while ((incount < str.length()) && (count < out.length)) {
mapped = getMappingCode(str, incount++);
if (mapped != 0) {
if ((mapped != '0') && (mapped != last)) {
out[count++] = mapped;
}
last = mapped;
}
}
return new String(out);
}
