diff --git a/hamcrest/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace.java b/hamcrest/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace.java
index 15d7a877..2c982da6 100644
--- a/hamcrest/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace.java
+++ b/hamcrest/src/main/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace.java
@@ -7,18 +7,36 @@
 /**
  * Tests if a string is equal to another string, compressing any changes in whitespace.
  */
+
 public class IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace extends TypeSafeMatcher<String> {
 
     // TODO: Replace String with CharSequence to allow for easy interoperability between
     //       String, StringBuffer, StringBuilder, CharBuffer, etc (joe).
 
+    /**
+     * enum the whitespace type where SPACE is '\s', TAB is '\t', LINE_FEED is '\n',
+     * FORM_FEED is '\f', CARRIAGE_RETURN is '\r', MIX is combined type above.
+     * @author Koko
+     */
+    enum whiteSpaceType
+    {
+        SPACE,
+        TAB,
+        LINE_FEED,
+        FORM_FEED,
+        CARRIAGE_RETURN,
+        MIX
+    }
+
     private final String string;
+    private final whiteSpaceType type;
 
-    public IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(String string) {
+    private IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(String string, whiteSpaceType type) {
         if (string == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Non-null value required");
         }
         this.string = string;
+        this.type = type;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -38,8 +56,33 @@ public void describeTo(Description description) {
                 .appendText(" compressing white space");
     }
 
-    public String stripSpaces(String toBeStripped) {
-        return toBeStripped.replaceAll("[\\p{Z}\\p{C}]+", " ").trim();
+    /**
+     * strip space on the head and tail of the string;
+     * besides that replace all whitespace specified by this.type with " "
+     * strip redundant space between words
+     * @author Koko
+     * @param toBeStripped
+     *     string to be stripped
+     */
+    private String stripSpaces(String toBeStripped) {
+        if (this.type == whiteSpaceType.TAB){
+            return toBeStripped.replaceAll("[\\p{Z}\\t]+", " ").trim();
+        }
+        else if (this.type == whiteSpaceType.LINE_FEED){
+            return toBeStripped.replaceAll("[\\p{Z}\\n]+", " ").trim();
+        }
+        else if (this.type == whiteSpaceType.FORM_FEED){
+            return toBeStripped.replaceAll("[\\p{Z}\\f]+", " ").trim();
+        }
+        else if (this.type == whiteSpaceType.CARRIAGE_RETURN){
+            return toBeStripped.replaceAll("[\\p{Z}\\r]+", " ").trim();
+        }
+        else if (this.type == whiteSpaceType.SPACE){
+            return toBeStripped.replaceAll("[\\p{Z}]+", " ").trim();
+        }
+        else{
+            return toBeStripped.replaceAll("[\\p{Z}\\t\\n\\f\\r]+", " ").trim();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -47,8 +90,8 @@ public String stripSpaces(String toBeStripped) {
      * @param expectedString
      *     the expected value of matched strings
      */
-    public static Matcher<String> equalToIgnoringWhiteSpace(String expectedString) {
-        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString);
+    public static Matcher<String> equalToIgnoringWhiteSpace(String expectedString, whiteSpaceType type) {
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, type);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,7 +109,37 @@ public static Matcher<String> equalToIgnoringWhiteSpace(String expectedString) {
      *     the expected value of matched strings
      */
     public static Matcher<String> equalToCompressingWhiteSpace(String expectedString) {
-        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString);
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, whiteSpaceType.MIX);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * different types of generate string matcher according to whitespace type
+     * @author Koko
+     * @param expectedString
+     *      string used to generate matcher
+     */
+    public static Matcher<String> equalToCompressingSpace(String expectedString) {
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, whiteSpaceType.SPACE);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<String> equalToCompressingTab(String expectedString) {
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, whiteSpaceType.TAB);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<String> equalToCompressingLineFeed(String expectedString) {
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, whiteSpaceType.LINE_FEED);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<String> equalToCompressingFormFeed(String expectedString) {
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, whiteSpaceType.FORM_FEED);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<String> equalToCompressingCarriageReturn(String expectedString) {
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, whiteSpaceType.CARRIAGE_RETURN);
+    }
+
+    public static Matcher<String> equalToCompressingMix(String expectedString) {
+        return new IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace(expectedString, whiteSpaceType.MIX);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/hamcrest/src/test/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpaceTest.java b/hamcrest/src/test/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpaceTest.java
index e85e54f6..ac3a5c7e 100644
--- a/hamcrest/src/test/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpaceTest.java
+++ b/hamcrest/src/test/java/org/hamcrest/text/IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpaceTest.java
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 import org.hamcrest.AbstractMatcherTest;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.text.IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace.equalToCompressingWhiteSpace;
+import static org.hamcrest.text.IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpace.*;
 
 public class IsEqualCompressingWhiteSpaceTest extends AbstractMatcherTest {
 
-    private final Matcher<String> matcher = equalToCompressingWhiteSpace(" Hello World   how\n are we? ");
+    private final Matcher<String> matcher = equalToCompressingMix(" Hello World   how\n are we? ");
+    private final Matcher<String> SpaceMatcher = equalToCompressingSpace(" Hello World   how       are we? ");
+    private final Matcher<String> TabMatcher = equalToCompressingTab(" Hello World   how\t are\t\t we? ");
+    private final Matcher<String> LineFeedMatcher = equalToCompressingLineFeed(" Hello World   how\n are we? ");
+    private final Matcher<String> FormFeedMatcher = equalToCompressingFormFeed(" Hello World   how\f are\f\f we? ");
+    private final Matcher<String> CarriageReturnMatcher = equalToCompressingCarriageReturn(" Hello \r World   how \r\r are we? ");
 
     @Override
     protected Matcher<?> createMatcher() {
@@ -45,4 +50,25 @@ public void testHasAReadableDescription() {
     public void testPassesIfWhitespacesContainsNoBreakSpace() {
         assertMatches(matcher, "Hello" + ((char)160) + "World how are we?");
     }
+
+    public void testFailsIfwordsAreSameButWhiteSpaceDiffers()
+    {
+        assertDoesNotMatch(SpaceMatcher, " Hello World   how\n are we? ");
+        assertDoesNotMatch(TabMatcher, " Hello World   how\n are we? ");
+        assertDoesNotMatch(LineFeedMatcher, " Hello World   how\r are we? ");
+    }
+
+    public void testPassesIfwordsAreSameButMixWhiteSpace()
+    {
+        assertMatches(matcher, "Hello\f\f World\t how      are\r we?\n\n");
+    }
+
+    public void testUnitWhiteSpace()
+    {
+        assertMatches(SpaceMatcher, "  Hello     World    how              are we?   ");
+        assertMatches(TabMatcher, " Hello World   how \t are   we? \t");
+        assertMatches(LineFeedMatcher, "   Hello World   how\n are  \n we? ");
+        assertMatches(FormFeedMatcher, " Hello   World\f   how are we? ");
+        assertMatches(CarriageReturnMatcher, "Hello World how are we?");
+    }
 }