Class AuthorMatchers

java.lang.Object

eu.openaire.common.author.AuthorMatchers

public class AuthorMatchers
extends Object

Helper class providing methods to match authors by their names.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AuthorMatchers()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <BA, EA> List<AuthorMatch<BA,EA>>	findMatches(List<BA> base_authors, List<EA> enrichment_authors, List<AuthorMatcherStep<BA,EA>> steps)	Finds matches between a list of base authors and a list of enriching authors using a sequence of matching steps.
static boolean	matchEqualsIgnoreCase(String a1, String a2)	Checks whether two author names are equal, ignoring case differences.
static Optional<Double>	matchOrderedTokenAndAbbreviations(String a1, String a2)	Checks whether two author names match based on ordered tokens and abbreviations.
static List<String>	removeMatches(List<String> base_authors, List<String> enriching_authors, java.util.function.BiFunction<String,String,Boolean> matchingFunc)	Removes matching authors from two lists using a custom matching function.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AuthorMatchers

public AuthorMatchers()

Method Details

matchEqualsIgnoreCase

public static boolean matchEqualsIgnoreCase(String a1,
 String a2)

Checks whether two author names are equal, ignoring case differences.

Parameters:

a1 - The first author name.

a2 - The second author name.

Returns:

true if the names are equal (case-insensitive), otherwise false.

matchOrderedTokenAndAbbreviations

public static Optional<Double> matchOrderedTokenAndAbbreviations(String a1,
 String a2)

Checks whether two author names match based on ordered tokens and abbreviations.

This method leverages the OrderedTokenAndAbbreviationsMatcher to compare names by considering token order and abbreviation expansion.

Parameters:

a1 - The first author name.

a2 - The second author name.

Returns:

An Optional<Double> with a confidence score (1.0 if a match is found), or empty if no match.

removeMatches

public static List<String> removeMatches(List<String> base_authors,
 List<String> enriching_authors,
 java.util.function.BiFunction<String,String,Boolean> matchingFunc)

Removes matching authors from two lists using a custom matching function.

This method iterates through the lists of base authors and enriching authors, applying the given matching function to determine matches. If a match is found, both elements are removed from their respective lists.

Parameters:

base_authors - The list of base authors.

enriching_authors - The list of enriching authors.

matchingFunc - A function that determines whether two author names match.

Returns:

A list containing matched base-enriching authors pairs.

findMatches

public static <BA,
EA> List<AuthorMatch<BA,EA>> findMatches(List<BA> base_authors,
 List<EA> enrichment_authors,
 List<AuthorMatcherStep<BA,EA>> steps)

Finds matches between a list of base authors and a list of enriching authors using a sequence of matching steps.

Each step in the list of AuthorMatcherStep objects applies a specific matching strategy. The result is a list of successful matches.

Type Parameters:

BA - The type representing the base author data.

EA - The type representing the enriching author data.

Parameters:

base_authors - The list of base authors.

enrichment_authors - The list of enriching authors.

steps - The list of matching steps to apply.

Returns:

A list of AuthorMatch objects representing the matches found.