StringDistance (Lucene 9.4.2 suggest API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JaroWinklerDistance, LevenshteinDistance, LuceneLevenshteinDistance, NGramDistance
```
public interface StringDistance
```
Interface for string distances.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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.