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.