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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of INSPIRE.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 CERN.
+#
+# INSPIRE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# INSPIRE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with INSPIRE. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# In applying this license, CERN does not waive the privileges and immunities
+# granted to it by virtue of its status as an Intergovernmental Organization
+# or submit itself to any jurisdiction.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
+    unicode_literals
+
+from json_merger.config import UnifierOps
+
+from inspire_json_merger.inspire_json_merger import inspire_json_merge
+from inspire_json_merger.merger_config import ArxivToArxivOperations
+
+# Editing this, so that it is easier to identify whether two names were matched or not. Using this authors.full_name
+# will have two entries if the names didn't match.
+ArxivToArxivOperations.list_merge_ops['authors'] = UnifierOps.KEEP_UPDATE_AND_HEAD_ENTITIES_HEAD_FIRST
+
+# Enable verbose if you want to see "head", "update", "merged" and "conflict" records.
+VERBOSE = False
+
+
+def demo_author_comparator(name, updated_name=None, verbose=False):
+    """Receives two names or a list of two names and prints whether they matched or not."""
+
+    # Pre process input
+    if not updated_name:
+        assert len(name) == 2
+        name, updated_name = name
+
+    root = {'authors': [{}]}
+    head = {'authors': [{'full_name': name}]}
+    update = {'authors': [{'full_name': updated_name}]}
+
+    merged, conflict = inspire_json_merge(root, head, update)
+
+    def _are_merged():
+        """Predicate check for whether two records where merged.
+
+        This is based on the edit of the merger configuration that we did on top of this module.
+        """
+        return len(merged.get('authors')) == 1
+
+    # ##### Print helper closures #####
+    def _emit_head_update_merged():
+        return "[\n" + \
+                "\tHEAD: \t\t" + str(head) + ',\n' + \
+                "\tUPDATE: \t" + str(update) + ',\n' + \
+                "\tMERGED: \t" + str(merged) + ',\n' + \
+               "\tCONFLICT: \t" + str(conflict) + '\n]'
+
+    def _emit_names():
+        return '"' + name + ', "' + updated_name + '"'
+
+    # ##### Result printing #####
+    color = '\033[32m' if _are_merged() else '\033[31m'
+    if verbose:
+        print(color + '[' + ('' if _are_merged() else 'NO ') + 'match]: ' + _emit_head_update_merged() + '\033[0m')
+    else:
+        print(color + '[' + ('' if _are_merged() else 'NO ') + 'match]: ' + _emit_names() + '\033[0m')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    names_tests = [
+        ['Cox, Brian', 'Cox, Brian'],
+        ['O Brien, Dara', 'O Briain, Dara'],
+        ['O Brien, Dara', 'Christos Aslanoglou'],
+
+        ['John, Ellis', 'John ellis'],
+        ['John, Ellis', 'John, Richard Ellis'],
+        ['John, Ellis', 'John, R. Ellis'],
+        ['John, Ellis', 'Ellis, R. John'],
+        ['John, Ellis', 'Ellis, R. J'],
+        ['John, Ellis', 'j, r. ellis'],
+        ['John, Ellis', 'j, r, ellis'],  # should this work (since the one above does)?
+        ['John, Ellis', 'j r ellis'],
+        ['John, Ellis', 'j richard ellis'],
+
+        ['J Ellis', 'john r e'],
+        ['Ellis J', 'john r e'],
+
+        ['John R. Ellis', 'j richard ellis'],
+        ['John R. Ellis', 'j r ellis'],
+        ['John R. Ellis', 'john rich. e'],
+
+        # This follows the format [Last name, (Father's name,) First name]
+        ['Παπαδόπουλος, Γ', 'Παπαδόπουλος Γιώργος'],
+        ['Παπαδόπουλος, Γ', 'Παπαδόπουλος Μ Γιώργος'],
+        ['Παπαδόπουλος, Γ', 'Παπαδόπουλος Μιχάλη Γ'],
+
+        ['Jhon Brian', 'John Brian'],
+        ['John Brian', 'John C'],
+    ]
+    for names in names_tests:
+        demo_author_comparator(names, verbose=VERBOSE)
+        if VERBOSE:
+            print("_"*80)