Constructor Detail

• FuzzyStringMatcher

  public FuzzyStringMatcher(double matchCost,
                            double insertionCost,
                            double deletionCost,
                            double substitutionCost)

  Used to create a fuzzy string matcher with the given costs for insertion and deletions

  Parameters:

  matchCost - The cost for matching characters

  insertionCost - The cost of inserting a value into the main set

  deletionCost - The cost of deleting values from the main set

  substitutionCost - The cost of substituting one value for another

• FuzzyStringMatcher

  public FuzzyStringMatcher(FuzzyCost<java.lang.Character> costAnalyzer)

  Creates a fuzzy string matcher with the given costs

  Parameters:

  costAnalyzer - The analyzer used to get costs dynamically based on the values

Method Detail

• getScore

  public double getScore(@NotNull
                         java.lang.CharSequence mainString,
                         @NotNull
                         java.lang.CharSequence secondaryString)

  Gets the match score for the two strings

  Parameters:

  mainString - The main string

  secondaryString - The secondary string

  Returns:

  Returns the best cost match value

• getAlignment

  @NotNull
  public FuzzyMatcherAlignmentResult<java.lang.Character> getAlignment(@NotNull
                                                                                 java.lang.CharSequence mainString,
                                                                                 @NotNull
                                                                                 java.lang.CharSequence secondaryString)

  Returns the alignment found as the best fuzzy match for the two strings

  Parameters:

  mainString - The main string to match

  secondaryString - The secondary string to match

  Returns:

  Returns the alignment that was found as the best match for the two given strings

• getPercentMatch

  public double getPercentMatch(@NotNull
                                java.lang.CharSequence mainString,
                                @NotNull
                                java.lang.CharSequence secondaryString)

  Returns a percent value indicating how well the two strings matched

  Parameters:

  mainString - The main string to test

  secondaryString - The secondary string to test

  Returns:

  The percent value indicating how well these two strings matched