org.apache.lucene.search.spell
Interface StringDistance

All Known Implementing Classes:
JaroWinklerDistance, LevensteinDistance, NGramDistance

public interface StringDistance

Interface for string distances.


Method Summary
 float getDistance(String s1, String s2)
          Returns a float between 0 and 1 based on how similar the specified strings are to one another.
 

Method Detail

getDistance

float getDistance(String s1,
                  String s2)
Returns a float between 0 and 1 based on how similar the specified strings are to one another. Returning a value of 1 means the specified strings are identical and 0 means the string are maximally different.

Parameters:
s1 - The first string.
s2 - The second string.
Returns:
a float between 0 and 1 based on how similar the specified strings are to one another.


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