TerminaMatching.java

/*
 * This file is part of gwap, an open platform for games with a purpose
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2013
 * Project play4science
 * Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Programmier- und Modellierungssprachen
 * Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 * 
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 */

package gwap.elearn;

import gwap.model.Tag;
import gwap.tools.TagSemantics;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author Fabian Kneißl
 */
public class TerminaMatching {

	public static boolean isAssociationInList(String association, List<Tag> tagList) {
		return checkAssociationInList(association, tagList) != null;
	}
	
	public static Tag checkAssociationInList(String association, List<Tag> tagList) {
		String associationNormalized = normalize(association);
		for (Tag tag : tagList) {
			if (associationNormalized.equals(normalize(tag.getName())))
				return tag;
		}
		return null;
	}
	
	private static String normalize(String tag) {
		return TagSemantics.normalizeDiacritics(TagSemantics.normalize(tag)).replaceAll("[^a-z0-9]", "");
	}
}