net.ricecode.similarity

Interface SimilarityStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiceCoefficientStrategy, JaroStrategy, JaroWinklerStrategy, LevenshteinDistanceStrategy

public interface SimilarityStrategy

Author:

Ralph Allan Rice An interface that defines methods to perform string similarity calculation.

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.

Method Detail

score

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.

Parameters:

first - The first string to compare.

second - The second string to compare.

Returns:

A number between 0.0 and 1.0.