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. |
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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