Package org.conical.common.bbl.util

Class ParseUtil

java.lang.Object

org.conical.common.bbl.util.ParseUtil

public class ParseUtil
extends Object

Wrapper for static utility methods related to string parsing

Author:

rdoherty

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ParseUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	parseStreetName(String address)	Attempts to find the street name in the given String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ParseUtil

public ParseUtil()

Method Details

parseStreetName

public static String parseStreetName(String address)

Attempts to find the street name in the given String. The algorithm is as follows:

1. Splits address line into tokens delimited by <space>
2. If only 0 or 1 tokens exist, return the original value
3. If 2 tokens exist, assume first token is street number and return second token
4. If >2 tokens exist, assume first token is street number and check second for a variation of a compass direction
5. If second token is a variation of north, south, east, or west, return third token
6. If not, return second token

While simplistic, this algorithm has a reasonably high degree of success.

Parameters:

address - address line to be parsed

Returns:

street name (without street type (e.g. Street, Blvd, Road, Lane)