/**
* Returns list of matched party ids based on first and last name
*
* @param firstName
* @param lastName
* @return
*/
public Set<Match> search(String firstName, String lastName) {
lastName = lastName.trim();
firstName = firstName.trim();
Set<String> candidateParties = new HashSet<String>();
Set<Match> matchedParties = new HashSet<Match>();
if (firstName.isEmpty()) {
// search just against lastnames
List<ParsedNamePart> parsedNameParts = nameParts.get(TYPE_LAST_NAME);
if (parsedNameParts != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < parsedNameParts.size(); i++) {
ParsedNamePart namePart = parsedNameParts.get(i);
if (namePart.getValue().trim().equalsIgnoreCase(lastName)) {
matchedParties.add(new Match(namePart.getPartyId(), 100));
}
}
}
} else {
// search against lastname ans firstname
List<ParsedNamePart> parsedNameParts = nameParts.get(TYPE_LAST_NAME);
if (parsedNameParts != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < parsedNameParts.size(); i++) {
ParsedNamePart namePart = parsedNameParts.get(i);
if (namePart.getValue().trim().equalsIgnoreCase(lastName)) {
candidateParties.add(namePart.getPartyId());
}
}
}
parsedNameParts = nameParts.get(TYPE_FIRST_NAME);
if (parsedNameParts != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < parsedNameParts.size(); i++) {
ParsedNamePart namePart = parsedNameParts.get(i);
if (candidateParties.contains(namePart.getPartyId())) {
if (namePart.getValue().trim().equalsIgnoreCase(firstName)) {
// ok seems like we have a winner
matchedParties.add(new Match(namePart.getPartyId(), 100));
}
}
}
}
if (matchedParties.size() == 0) {
// both first name and last name didn't match
// so lets report at least lastname matches with 50% score/confidence
for (String candidateParty : candidateParties) {
matchedParties.add(new Match(candidateParty, 50));
}
}
}
return matchedParties;
}
