001    /**
002     * Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
003     *
004     * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Liferay Enterprise
005     * Subscription License ("License"). You may not use this file except in
006     * compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the License by
007     * contacting Liferay, Inc. See the License for the specific language governing
008     * permissions and limitations under the License, including but not limited to
009     * distribution rights of the Software.
010     *
011     *
012     *
013     */
014    
015    package com.liferay.util;
016    
017    import com.liferay.ibm.icu.text.Transliterator;
018    import com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.StringUtil;
019    
020    /**
021     * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
022     */
023    public class Normalizer {
024    
025            public static String normalizeToAscii(String s) {
026                    String normalizedText = _transliterator.transform(s);
027    
028                    return StringUtil.replace(
029                            normalizedText, _UNICODE_TEXT, _NORMALIZED_TEXT);
030            }
031    
032            private static final String[] _NORMALIZED_TEXT = {"l"};
033    
034            private static final String[] _UNICODE_TEXT = {"\u0142"};
035    
036            private static Transliterator _transliterator =
037                    Transliterator.getInstance("NFD; [:Nonspacing Mark:] Remove; NFC");
038    
039    }