gov.va.vinci.leo.tools

Class AsciiService

java.lang.Object

gov.va.vinci.leo.tools.AsciiService

public class AsciiService
extends Object

Utility class to convert to ASCII characters that are non-ascii. For instance, converting an ASCII8 string to ASCII7.

Author:

Doug Redd

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AsciiService()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static Map<Character,Character>	getASCII7Map() This map is focused on correcting OCR mistakes, so the mappings are performed by visual similarity.
protected static Map<Character,Character>	getASCII8Map() Get the ascii 8 map.
static String	toASCII7(String text) Creates a new string, substituting ASCII-7 characters for all non-ASCII-7 characters in the argument string.
static String	toASCII8(String text) Creates a new string, substituting ASCII-7 characters for all non-ASCII-8 characters in the argument string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AsciiService

public AsciiService()

Method Detail

getASCII7Map

protected static Map<Character,Character> getASCII7Map()

This map is focused on correcting OCR mistakes, so the mappings are performed by visual similarity. Where nothing with visual similarity is available then an underscore is used.

Returns:

the ascii 7 map.

getASCII8Map

protected static Map<Character,Character> getASCII8Map()

Get the ascii 8 map.

Returns:

the ascii 8 map.

toASCII7

public static String toASCII7(String text)

Creates a new string, substituting ASCII-7 characters for all non-ASCII-7 characters in the argument string. Substitutions are based on visual similarity, aimed at correcting mistakes by OCR software.

Parameters:

text - The string whose non-ASCII-7 characters will be replaced.

Returns:

A new string with all non-ASCII-7 characters replaced with ASCII-7 characters.

toASCII8

public static String toASCII8(String text)

Creates a new string, substituting ASCII-7 characters for all non-ASCII-8 characters in the argument string. Substitutions are based on visual similarity, aimed at correcting mistakes by OCR software.

Parameters:

text - The string whose non-ASCII-8 characters will be replaced.

Returns:

A new string with all non-ASCII-8 characters replaced with ASCII-7 characters.