info.debatty.java.stringsimilarity.interfaces

Interface StringSimilarity

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

NormalizedStringSimilarity

All Known Implementing Classes:

Cosine, Jaccard, JaroWinkler, NormalizedLevenshtein, SorensenDice

public interface StringSimilarity
extends Serializable

Author:

Thibault Debatty

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	similarity(String s1, String s2) Compute and return a measure of similarity between 2 strings.

Method Detail

similarity

double similarity(String s1,
                  String s2)

Compute and return a measure of similarity between 2 strings.

Parameters:

s1 -

s2 -

Returns:

similarity (0 means both strings are completely different)