Package com.marcosavard.commons.soc

Class PatronymeRepository

java.lang.Object

com.marcosavard.commons.soc.PatronymeRepository

public class PatronymeRepository
extends java.lang.Object

Build a patronyme repository based on the content of a patronyme text file.

Author:

Marco

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PatronymeRepository()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Patronyme	findMostSimilarPatronyme(java.lang.String name)	From the repository, return the patronyme which is the closest to name.
static java.util.List<Patronyme>	getPatronymes()	Get the list of the 1000 most common patronymes in Quebec.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PatronymeRepository

public PatronymeRepository()

Method Detail

getPatronymes

public static java.util.List<Patronyme> getPatronymes()

Get the list of the 1000 most common patronymes in Quebec.

Returns:

the list of common patronymes

findMostSimilarPatronyme

public static Patronyme findMostSimilarPatronyme(java.lang.String name)

From the repository, return the patronyme which is the closest to name. For instance getClosestPatronyme("Tramblay") will return "Tremblay".

Parameters:

name - that could be misspelled

Returns:

the patronyme that is the most similar