com.wcohen.secondstring
Class Jaro

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.wcohen.secondstring.AbstractStringDistance
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        +--com.wcohen.secondstring.Jaro

All Implemented Interfaces:

StringDistance

public class Jaro

extends AbstractStringDistance

Jaro distance metric. From 'An Application of the Fellegi-Sunter Model of Record Linkage to the 1990 U.S. Decennial Census' by William E. Winkler and Yves Thibaudeau.

Constructor Summary

Jaro()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	explainScore(StringWrapper s, StringWrapper t) This method needs to be implemented by subclasses.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv)
StringWrapper	prepare(java.lang.String s) Default way to preprocess a string for distance computation.
double	score(StringWrapper s, StringWrapper t) This method needs to be implemented by subclasses.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.wcohen.secondstring.AbstractStringDistance

accumulateStatistics, doMain, explainScore, score

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Jaro

public Jaro()

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

score

public double score(StringWrapper s,
                    StringWrapper t)

Description copied from class: AbstractStringDistance

This method needs to be implemented by subclasses.

Specified by:

score in interface StringDistance

Specified by:

score in class AbstractStringDistance

explainScore

public java.lang.String explainScore(StringWrapper s,
                                     StringWrapper t)

Description copied from class: AbstractStringDistance

This method needs to be implemented by subclasses.

Specified by:

explainScore in interface StringDistance

Specified by:

explainScore in class AbstractStringDistance

prepare

public StringWrapper prepare(java.lang.String s)

Description copied from class: AbstractStringDistance

Default way to preprocess a string for distance computation. If this is an expensive operations, then override this method to return a StringWrapper implementation that caches appropriate information about s.

Specified by:

prepare in interface StringDistance

Overrides:

prepare in class AbstractStringDistance

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)