net.ricecode.similarity

Class JaroStrategy

java.lang.Object

net.ricecode.similarity.JaroStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

SimilarityStrategy

Direct Known Subclasses:

JaroWinklerStrategy

public class JaroStrategy
extends Object
implements SimilarityStrategy

A strategy that uses the Jaro Distance to calculate the similarity of two strings.

Author:

Ralph Allan Rice

See Also:

About Jaro Distance

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JaroStrategy()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	score(String first, String second) Calculates the similarity score of objects, where 0.0 implies absolutely no similarity and 1.0 implies absolute similarity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JaroStrategy

public JaroStrategy()

Method Detail

score

public double score(String first,
           String second)

Calculates the similarity score of objects, where 0.0 implies absolutely no similarity and 1.0 implies absolute similarity.

Specified by:

score in interface SimilarityStrategy

Parameters:

first - The first string to compare.

second - The second string to compare.

Returns:

A number between 0.0 and 1.0.