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+package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
+
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringMetric}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+
+/** An implementation of the refined Soundex metric. */
+class RefinedSoundexMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: StringFilter =>
+	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
+		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] = {
+
+		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
+		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+
+		if (fca1.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca1.head) || fca2.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca2.head)) None
+		else if (fca1.head.toLower != fca2.head.toLower) Some(false)
+		else RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute(fca1).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(rse1 =>
+			RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute(fca2).filter(_.length > 0).map(rse1.sameElements(_))
+		)
+	}
+
+	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] =
+		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
+}
+
+object RefinedSoundexMetric {
+	private lazy val self = apply()
+
+	def apply(): RefinedSoundexMetric = new RefinedSoundexMetric with StringFilter
+
+	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
+
+	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+}