info.debatty.java.stringsimilarity.interfaces

Interface StringDistance

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

MetricStringDistance, NormalizedStringDistance

All Known Implementing Classes:

Cosine, Damerau, Jaccard, JaroWinkler, Levenshtein, LongestCommonSubsequence, MetricLCS, NGram, NormalizedLevenshtein, OptimalStringAlignment, QGram, Sift4, SorensenDice, WeightedLevenshtein

public interface StringDistance
extends Serializable

Author:

Thibault Debatty

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	distance(String s1, String s2) Compute and return a measure of distance.

Method Detail

distance

double distance(String s1,
                String s2)

Compute and return a measure of distance. Must be >= 0.

Parameters:

s1 -

s2 -

Returns: