net.java.sip.communicator.service.protocol
Interface PhoneNumberI18nService

All Known Implementing Classes:

PhoneNumberI18nServiceImpl

public interface PhoneNumberI18nService

Represents an OSGi service which aids the parsing, formatting and validating of international phone numbers.

Author:

Lyubomir Marinov

Method Summary

boolean	isPhoneNumber(String possibleNumber) Indicates if the given string is possibly a phone number.
String	normalize(String phoneNumber) Normalizes a String phone number by converting alpha characters to their respective digits on a keypad and then stripping non-digit characters.
boolean	phoneNumbersMatch(String aPhoneNumber, String bPhoneNumber) Determines whether two String phone numbers match.

Method Detail

normalize

String normalize(String phoneNumber)

Normalizes a String phone number by converting alpha characters to their respective digits on a keypad and then stripping non-digit characters.

Parameters:

phoneNumber - a String which represents a phone number to normalize

Returns:

a String which is a normalized form of the specified phoneNumber

phoneNumbersMatch

boolean phoneNumbersMatch(String aPhoneNumber,
                          String bPhoneNumber)

Determines whether two String phone numbers match.

Parameters:

aPhoneNumber - a String which represents a phone number to match to bPhoneNumber

bPhoneNumber - a String which represents a phone number to match to aPhoneNumber

Returns:

true if the specified Strings match as phone numbers; otherwise, false

isPhoneNumber

boolean isPhoneNumber(String possibleNumber)

Indicates if the given string is possibly a phone number.

Parameters:

possibleNumber - the string to be verified

Returns:

true if the given string is a phone number, false otherwise