org.jmrtd.lds.icao

Interface MRZFieldTransformer

public interface MRZFieldTransformer

Interface for MRZ field transformers, for instance for abbreviating long names and transliteration of non-ISO characters. TODO: work in progress

Since:

0.4.7

Version:

$Revision: 1613 $

Author:

The JMRTD team ([email protected])

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	transliterate(String text) Transliterates text, replacing non-ISO characters with ISO characters.
String[]	truncateNames(String primaryIdentifier, String secondaryIdentifier, int length) Truncates the primary and secondary identifiers.

Method Detail

truncateNames

String[] truncateNames(String primaryIdentifier,
                       String secondaryIdentifier,
                       int length)

Truncates the primary and secondary identifiers. The resulting array has length 2 and contains the truncated primary and secondary identifiers. Each identifier consists of components separated by "<". The maximum length of the resulting primaryIdentifier + "<<" secondaryIdentifier is length.

Parameters:

primaryIdentifier - the original primary identifier

secondaryIdentifier - the original secondary identifier

length - the maximum length of the resulting identifier (including the "<<"

Returns:

an array of length 2 containing the resulting identifier

transliterate

String transliterate(String text)

Transliterates text, replacing non-ISO characters with ISO characters.

Parameters:

text - some text containing non-ISO characters

Returns:

the same text containing only ISO characters