Interface StringSimilarity

All Superinterfaces:
Serializable
All Known Subinterfaces:
NormalizedStringSimilarity
All Known Implementing Classes:
Cosine, Jaccard, JaroWinkler, NormalizedLevenshtein, RatcliffObershelp, SorensenDice

public interface StringSimilarity extends Serializable
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    double
    Compute and return a measure of similarity between 2 strings.
  • Method Details

    • 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)