org.apache.lucene.util.automaton

Class LevenshteinAutomata

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.util.automaton.LevenshteinAutomata

public class LevenshteinAutomata
extends Object

Class to construct DFAs that match a word within some edit distance.

Implements the algorithm described in: Schulz and Mihov: Fast String Correction with Levenshtein Automata

WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_DISTANCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LevenshteinAutomata(String input, boolean withTranspositions) Create a new LevenshteinAutomata for some input String.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Automaton	toAutomaton(int n) Compute a DFA that accepts all strings within an edit distance of n.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_DISTANCE

public static final int MAXIMUM_SUPPORTED_DISTANCE

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Constant Field Values

NOTE: This API is for internal purposes only and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Constructor Detail

LevenshteinAutomata

public LevenshteinAutomata(String input,
                   boolean withTranspositions)

Create a new LevenshteinAutomata for some input String. Optionally count transpositions as a primitive edit.

Method Detail

toAutomaton

public Automaton toAutomaton(int n)

Compute a DFA that accepts all strings within an edit distance of n.

All automata have the following properties:

• They are deterministic (DFA).
• There are no transitions to dead states.
• They are not minimal (some transitions could be combined).