com.exalead.mot.components

Class Distance

java.lang.Object

com.exalead.mot.components.Distance

public class Distance
extends java.lang.Object

Provide damerau-lenvenshtein distance computation

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Distance()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static float	damerauLevenshtein(java.lang.String word1, java.lang.String word2) Compute the damerau-levenshtein distance between 2 words using costs=1.0
static float	damerauLevenshtein(java.lang.String word1, java.lang.String word2, float subst, float insert, float transpose, float del) Compute the damerau-levenshtein distance between 2 words

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Distance

public Distance()

Method Detail

damerauLevenshtein

public static float damerauLevenshtein(java.lang.String word1,
                                       java.lang.String word2)

Compute the damerau-levenshtein distance between 2 words using costs=1.0

Parameters:

word1 - The first word

word2 - The second word

Returns:

The distance

damerauLevenshtein

public static float damerauLevenshtein(java.lang.String word1,
                                       java.lang.String word2,
                                       float subst,
                                       float insert,
                                       float transpose,
                                       float del)

Compute the damerau-levenshtein distance between 2 words

Parameters:

word1 - The first word

word2 - The second word

subst - The substitution cost

insert - The insertion cost

transpose - The transposition cost

del - The deletion cost

Returns:

The distance