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  package org.simmetrics.simplifiers;
  
  import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
  
  import org.apache.commons.codec.language.MatchRatingApproachEncoder;
  
  /**
   * Match Rating Approach Phonetic Algorithm Developed by <CITE>Western Airlines</CITE> in 1977.
   * <p>
   * This class is immutable and thread-safe.
   *
   * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_rating_approach">Wikipedia - Match Rating Approach</a>
   * @see org.apache.commons.codec.language.MatchRatingApproachEncoder
   * 
   * @deprecated will be removed due to a lack of a good use case
   */
  @Deprecated
  public final class MatchRatingApproach implements Simplifier {
  
  	private final MatchRatingApproachEncoder simplifier = new MatchRatingApproachEncoder();
  
  	@Override
  	public String simplify(String input) {
  		checkNotNull(input);
  		return simplifier.encode(input);
  	}
  	
  	@Override
  	public String toString() {
  		return "MatchRatingApproach";
  	}
  
  }
  