com.wcohen.ss
Class CombinedStringDistanceLearner.CombinedStringDistance

java.lang.Object
  com.wcohen.ss.CombinedStringDistanceLearner.CombinedStringDistance

All Implemented Interfaces:

StringDistance

Enclosing class:

CombinedStringDistanceLearner

protected abstract class CombinedStringDistanceLearner.CombinedStringDistance
extends java.lang.Object
implements StringDistance

Abstract class for combining innerDistances's

Field Summary

protected StringDistance[]	innerDistances
protected MultiStringWrapper	prototype

Constructor Summary

CombinedStringDistanceLearner.CombinedStringDistance(StringDistance[] innerDistances, MultiStringWrapper prototype)

Method Summary

protected abstract double	doScore(MultiStringWrapper ms, MultiStringWrapper mt) Produce a score, assuming ms and mt are the correct sizes, and fully prepared.
protected abstract java.lang.String	explainCombination(MultiStringWrapper ms, MultiStringWrapper mt) Explain how the primitive scores were combined.
java.lang.String	explainScore(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String t) Explain how the distance was computed.
java.lang.String	explainScore(StringWrapper s, StringWrapper t) Explain how the distance was computed.
protected java.lang.String	innerDistanceString() Help class for 'toString()' which produces a description of the distances being combined.
StringWrapper	prepare(java.lang.String s) Preprocess a string for distance computation
double	score(java.lang.String s, java.lang.String t) Find the distance between s and t
double	score(StringWrapper s, StringWrapper t) Find the distance between s and t.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

innerDistances

protected StringDistance[] innerDistances

prototype

protected MultiStringWrapper prototype

Constructor Detail

CombinedStringDistanceLearner.CombinedStringDistance

public CombinedStringDistanceLearner.CombinedStringDistance(StringDistance[] innerDistances,
                                                            MultiStringWrapper prototype)

Method Detail

score

public final double score(java.lang.String s,
                          java.lang.String t)

Description copied from interface: StringDistance

Find the distance between s and t

Specified by:

score in interface StringDistance

explainScore

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

Description copied from interface: StringDistance

Explain how the distance was computed.

Specified by:

explainScore in interface StringDistance

prepare

public final StringWrapper prepare(java.lang.String s)

Description copied from interface: StringDistance

Preprocess a string for distance computation

Specified by:

prepare in interface StringDistance

score

public final double score(StringWrapper s,
                          StringWrapper t)

Description copied from interface: StringDistance

Find the distance between s and t. Larger values indicate more similar strings.

Specified by:

score in interface StringDistance

explainScore

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

Description copied from interface: StringDistance

Explain how the distance was computed.

Specified by:

explainScore in interface StringDistance

doScore

protected abstract double doScore(MultiStringWrapper ms,
                                  MultiStringWrapper mt)

Produce a score, assuming ms and mt are the correct sizes, and fully prepared.

explainCombination

protected abstract java.lang.String explainCombination(MultiStringWrapper ms,
                                                       MultiStringWrapper mt)

Explain how the primitive scores were combined.

innerDistanceString

protected java.lang.String innerDistanceString()

Help class for 'toString()' which produces a description of the distances being combined.