Sift4 (java-string-similarity 2.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- info.debatty.java.stringsimilarity.experimental.Sift4

All Implemented Interfaces:

StringDistance, Serializable
```
public class Sift4
extends Object
implements StringDistance
```
Sift4 - a general purpose string distance algorithm inspired by JaroWinkler and Longest Common Subsequence. Original JavaScript algorithm by siderite, java port by Nathan Fischer 2016. https://siderite.dev/blog/super-fast-and-accurate-string-distance.html https://blackdoor.github.io/blog/sift4-java/

Author:

Thibault Debatty

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Sift4()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`double`	`distance(String s1, String s2)`	Sift4 - a general purpose string distance algorithm inspired by JaroWinkler and Longest Common Subsequence.
`void`	`setMaxOffset(int max_offset)`	Set the maximum distance to search for character transposition.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Sift4
```
public Sift4()
```
- Method Detail
  - setMaxOffset
```
public final void setMaxOffset(int max_offset)
```
    Set the maximum distance to search for character transposition. Compute cost of algorithm is O(n . max_offset)
    
    Parameters:
    
    max_offset -
  - distance
```
public final double distance(String s1,
                             String s2)
```
    Sift4 - a general purpose string distance algorithm inspired by JaroWinkler and Longest Common Subsequence. Original JavaScript algorithm by siderite, java port by Nathan Fischer 2016. https://siderite.dev/blog/super-fast-and-accurate-string-distance.html https://blackdoor.github.io/blog/sift4-java/
    
    Specified by:
    
    distance in interface StringDistance
    
    Parameters:
    
    s1 -
    
    s2 -
    
    Returns: