StringSimilarity (java-string-similarity 2.0.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

NormalizedStringSimilarity

All Known Implementing Classes:

Cosine, Jaccard, JaroWinkler, NormalizedLevenshtein, RatcliffObershelp, SorensenDice
```
public interface StringSimilarity
extends Serializable
```
Author:

Thibault Debatty

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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)