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This is based on the matrix formed based on the two character sequence. 041 * 042 * @param <E> The type of similarity score unit. 043 * @param left character sequence which need to be converted from. 044 * @param right character sequence which need to be converted to. 045 * @param matrix two dimensional array containing. 046 * @param swapped tells whether the value for left character sequence and right character sequence were swapped to save memory. 047 * @return result object containing the count of insert, delete and substitute and total count needed. 048 */ 049 private static <E> LevenshteinResults findDetailedResults(final SimilarityInput<E> left, final SimilarityInput<E> right, final int[][] matrix, 050 final boolean swapped) { 051 int delCount = 0; 052 int addCount = 0; 053 int subCount = 0; 054 int rowIndex = right.length(); 055 int columnIndex = left.length(); 056 int dataAtLeft = 0; 057 int dataAtTop = 0; 058 int dataAtDiagonal = 0; 059 int data = 0; 060 boolean deleted = false; 061 boolean added = false; 062 while (rowIndex >= 0 && columnIndex >= 0) { 063 if (columnIndex == 0) { 064 dataAtLeft = -1; 065 } else { 066 dataAtLeft = matrix[rowIndex][columnIndex - 1]; 067 } 068 if (rowIndex == 0) { 069 dataAtTop = -1; 070 } else { 071 dataAtTop = matrix[rowIndex - 1][columnIndex]; 072 } 073 if (rowIndex > 0 && columnIndex > 0) { 074 dataAtDiagonal = matrix[rowIndex - 1][columnIndex - 1]; 075 } else { 076 dataAtDiagonal = -1; 077 } 078 if (dataAtLeft == -1 && dataAtTop == -1 && dataAtDiagonal == -1) { 079 break; 080 } 081 data = matrix[rowIndex][columnIndex]; 082 // case in which the character at left and right are the same, 083 // in this case none of the counters will be incremented. 084 if (columnIndex > 0 && rowIndex > 0 && left.at(columnIndex - 1).equals(right.at(rowIndex - 1))) { 085 columnIndex--; 086 rowIndex--; 087 continue; 088 } 089 // handling insert and delete cases. 090 deleted = false; 091 added = false; 092 if (data - 1 == dataAtLeft && data <= dataAtDiagonal && data <= dataAtTop || dataAtDiagonal == -1 && dataAtTop == -1) { // NOPMD 093 columnIndex--; 094 if (swapped) { 095 addCount++; 096 added = true; 097 } else { 098 delCount++; 099 deleted = true; 100 } 101 } else if (data - 1 == dataAtTop && data <= dataAtDiagonal && data <= dataAtLeft || dataAtDiagonal == -1 && dataAtLeft == -1) { // NOPMD 102 rowIndex--; 103 if (swapped) { 104 delCount++; 105 deleted = true; 106 } else { 107 addCount++; 108 added = true; 109 } 110 } 111 // substituted case 112 if (!added && !deleted) { 113 subCount++; 114 columnIndex--; 115 rowIndex--; 116 } 117 } 118 return new LevenshteinResults(addCount + delCount + subCount, addCount, delCount, subCount); 119 } 120 121 /** 122 * Gets the default instance. 123 * 124 * @return The default instace 125 */ 126 public static LevenshteinDetailedDistance getDefaultInstance() { 127 return INSTANCE; 128 } 129 130 /** 131 * Finds the Levenshtein distance between two CharSequences if it's less than or equal to a given threshold. 132 * 133 * <p> 134 * This implementation follows from Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences by Dan Gusfield and Chas Emerick's implementation of the Levenshtein distance 135 * algorithm. 136 * </p> 137 * 138 * <pre> 139 * limitedCompare(null, *, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 140 * limitedCompare(*, null, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 141 * limitedCompare(*, *, -1) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 142 * limitedCompare("","", 0) = 0 143 * limitedCompare("aaapppp", "", 8) = 7 144 * limitedCompare("aaapppp", "", 7) = 7 145 * limitedCompare("aaapppp", "", 6)) = -1 146 * limitedCompare("elephant", "hippo", 7) = 7 147 * limitedCompare("elephant", "hippo", 6) = -1 148 * limitedCompare("hippo", "elephant", 7) = 7 149 * limitedCompare("hippo", "elephant", 6) = -1 150 * </pre> 151 * 152 * @param <E> The type of similarity score unit. 153 * @param left the first CharSequence, must not be null. 154 * @param right the second CharSequence, must not be null. 155 * @param threshold the target threshold, must not be negative. 156 * @return result distance, or -1. 157 */ 158 private static <E> LevenshteinResults limitedCompare(SimilarityInput<E> left, SimilarityInput<E> right, final int threshold) { // NOPMD 159 if (left == null || right == null) { 160 throw new IllegalArgumentException("CharSequences must not be null"); 161 } 162 163 /* 164 * This implementation only computes the distance if it's less than or equal to the threshold value, returning -1 if it's greater. The advantage is 165 * performance: unbounded distance is O(nm), but a bound of k allows us to reduce it to O(km) time by only computing a diagonal stripe of width 2k + 1 166 * of the cost table. It is also possible to use this to compute the unbounded Levenshtein distance by starting the threshold at 1 and doubling each 167 * time until the distance is found; this is O(dm), where d is the distance. 168 * 169 * One subtlety comes from needing to ignore entries on the border of our stripe, for example, 170 * p[] = |#|#|#|* d[] = *|#|#|#| We must ignore the entry to the left 171 * of the leftmost member We must ignore the entry above the rightmost member 172 * 173 * Another subtlety comes from our stripe running off the matrix if the strings aren't of the same size. Since string s is always swapped to be the 174 * shorter of the two, the stripe will always run off to the upper right instead of the lower left of the matrix. 175 * 176 * As a concrete example, suppose s is of length 5, t is of length 7, and our threshold is 1. In this case we're going to walk a stripe of length 3. The 177 * matrix would look like so: 178 * 179 * <pre> 1 2 3 4 5 1 |#|#| | | | 2 |#|#|#| | | 3 | |#|#|#| | 4 | | |#|#|#| 5 | | | |#|#| 6 | | | | |#| 7 | | | | | | </pre> 180 * 181 * Note how the stripe leads off the table as there is no possible way to turn a string of length 5 into one of length 7 in edit distance of 1. 182 * 183 * Additionally, this implementation decreases memory usage by using two single-dimensional arrays and swapping them back and forth instead of 184 * allocating an entire n by m matrix. This requires a few minor changes, such as immediately returning when it's detected that the stripe has run off 185 * the matrix and initially filling the arrays with large values so that entries we don't compute are ignored. 186 * 187 * See Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences by Dan Gusfield for some discussion. 188 */ 189 int n = left.length(); // length of left 190 int m = right.length(); // length of right 191 // if one string is empty, the edit distance is necessarily the length of the other 192 if (n == 0) { 193 return m <= threshold ? new LevenshteinResults(m, m, 0, 0) : new LevenshteinResults(-1, 0, 0, 0); 194 } 195 if (m == 0) { 196 return n <= threshold ? new LevenshteinResults(n, 0, n, 0) : new LevenshteinResults(-1, 0, 0, 0); 197 } 198 boolean swapped = false; 199 if (n > m) { 200 // swap the two strings to consume less memory 201 final SimilarityInput<E> tmp = left; 202 left = right; 203 right = tmp; 204 n = m; 205 m = right.length(); 206 swapped = true; 207 } 208 int[] p = new int[n + 1]; // 'previous' cost array, horizontally 209 int[] d = new int[n + 1]; // cost array, horizontally 210 int[] tempD; // placeholder to assist in swapping p and d 211 final int[][] matrix = new int[m + 1][n + 1]; 212 // filling the first row and first column values in the matrix 213 for (int index = 0; index <= n; index++) { 214 matrix[0][index] = index; 215 } 216 for (int index = 0; index <= m; index++) { 217 matrix[index][0] = index; 218 } 219 // fill in starting table values 220 final int boundary = Math.min(n, threshold) + 1; 221 for (int i = 0; i < boundary; i++) { 222 p[i] = i; 223 } 224 // these fills ensure that the value above the rightmost entry of our 225 // stripe will be ignored in following loop iterations 226 Arrays.fill(p, boundary, p.length, Integer.MAX_VALUE); 227 Arrays.fill(d, Integer.MAX_VALUE); 228 // iterates through t 229 for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { 230 final E rightJ = right.at(j - 1); // jth character of right 231 d[0] = j; 232 // compute stripe indices, constrain to array size 233 final int min = Math.max(1, j - threshold); 234 final int max = j > Integer.MAX_VALUE - threshold ? n : Math.min(n, j + threshold); 235 // the stripe may lead off of the table if s and t are of different sizes 236 if (min > max) { 237 return new LevenshteinResults(-1, 0, 0, 0); 238 } 239 // ignore entry left of leftmost 240 if (min > 1) { 241 d[min - 1] = Integer.MAX_VALUE; 242 } 243 // iterates through [min, max] in s 244 for (int i = min; i <= max; i++) { 245 if (left.at(i - 1).equals(rightJ)) { 246 // diagonally left and up 247 d[i] = p[i - 1]; 248 } else { 249 // 1 + minimum of cell to the left, to the top, diagonally left and up 250 d[i] = 1 + Math.min(Math.min(d[i - 1], p[i]), p[i - 1]); 251 } 252 matrix[j][i] = d[i]; 253 } 254 // copy current distance counts to 'previous row' distance counts 255 tempD = p; 256 p = d; 257 d = tempD; 258 } 259 // if p[n] is greater than the threshold, there's no guarantee on it being the correct distance 260 if (p[n] <= threshold) { 261 return findDetailedResults(left, right, matrix, swapped); 262 } 263 return new LevenshteinResults(-1, 0, 0, 0); 264 } 265 266 /** 267 * Finds the Levenshtein distance between two Strings. 268 * 269 * <p> 270 * A higher score indicates a greater distance. 271 * </p> 272 * 273 * <p> 274 * Chas Emerick has written an implementation in Java, which avoids an OutOfMemoryError which can occur when my Java implementation is used with very large 275 * strings. 276 * </p> 277 * 278 * <pre> 279 * unlimitedCompare(null, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 280 * unlimitedCompare(*, null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 281 * unlimitedCompare("","") = 0 282 * unlimitedCompare("","a") = 1 283 * unlimitedCompare("aaapppp", "") = 7 284 * unlimitedCompare("frog", "fog") = 1 285 * unlimitedCompare("fly", "ant") = 3 286 * unlimitedCompare("elephant", "hippo") = 7 287 * unlimitedCompare("hippo", "elephant") = 7 288 * unlimitedCompare("hippo", "zzzzzzzz") = 8 289 * unlimitedCompare("hello", "hallo") = 1 290 * </pre> 291 * 292 * @param <E> The type of similarity score unit. 293 * @param left the first CharSequence, must not be null. 294 * @param right the second CharSequence, must not be null. 295 * @return result distance, or -1. 296 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either CharSequence input is {@code null}. 297 */ 298 private static <E> LevenshteinResults unlimitedCompare(SimilarityInput<E> left, SimilarityInput<E> right) { 299 if (left == null || right == null) { 300 throw new IllegalArgumentException("CharSequences must not be null"); 301 } 302 /* 303 * The difference between this impl. and the previous is that, rather than creating and retaining a matrix of size s.length() + 1 by t.length() + 1, we 304 * maintain two single-dimensional arrays of length s.length() + 1. The first, d, is the 'current working' distance array that maintains the newest 305 * distance cost counts as we iterate through the characters of String s. Each time we increment the index of String t we are comparing, d is copied to 306 * p, the second int[]. Doing so allows us to retain the previous cost counts as required by the algorithm (taking the minimum of the cost count to the 307 * left, up one, and diagonally up and to the left of the current cost count being calculated). (Note that the arrays aren't really copied anymore, just 308 * switched...this is clearly much better than cloning an array or doing a System.arraycopy() each time through the outer loop.) 309 * 310 * Effectively, the difference between the two implementations is this one does not cause an out of memory condition when calculating the LD over two 311 * very large strings. 312 */ 313 int n = left.length(); // length of left 314 int m = right.length(); // length of right 315 if (n == 0) { 316 return new LevenshteinResults(m, m, 0, 0); 317 } 318 if (m == 0) { 319 return new LevenshteinResults(n, 0, n, 0); 320 } 321 boolean swapped = false; 322 if (n > m) { 323 // swap the input strings to consume less memory 324 final SimilarityInput<E> tmp = left; 325 left = right; 326 right = tmp; 327 n = m; 328 m = right.length(); 329 swapped = true; 330 } 331 int[] p = new int[n + 1]; // 'previous' cost array, horizontally 332 int[] d = new int[n + 1]; // cost array, horizontally 333 int[] tempD; // placeholder to assist in swapping p and d 334 final int[][] matrix = new int[m + 1][n + 1]; 335 // filling the first row and first column values in the matrix 336 for (int index = 0; index <= n; index++) { 337 matrix[0][index] = index; 338 } 339 for (int index = 0; index <= m; index++) { 340 matrix[index][0] = index; 341 } 342 // indexes into strings left and right 343 int i; // iterates through left 344 int j; // iterates through right 345 E rightJ; // jth character of right 346 int cost; // cost 347 for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) { 348 p[i] = i; 349 } 350 for (j = 1; j <= m; j++) { 351 rightJ = right.at(j - 1); 352 d[0] = j; 353 for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) { 354 cost = left.at(i - 1).equals(rightJ) ? 0 : 1; 355 // minimum of cell to the left+1, to the top+1, diagonally left and up +cost 356 d[i] = Math.min(Math.min(d[i - 1] + 1, p[i] + 1), p[i - 1] + cost); 357 // filling the matrix 358 matrix[j][i] = d[i]; 359 } 360 // copy current distance counts to 'previous row' distance counts 361 tempD = p; 362 p = d; 363 d = tempD; 364 } 365 return findDetailedResults(left, right, matrix, swapped); 366 } 367 368 /** 369 * Threshold. 370 */ 371 private final Integer threshold; 372 373 /** 374 * Constructs a new instance that uses a version of the algorithm that does not use a threshold parameter. 375 * 376 * @see LevenshteinDetailedDistance#getDefaultInstance() 377 * @deprecated Use {@link #getDefaultInstance()}. 378 */ 379 @Deprecated 380 public LevenshteinDetailedDistance() { 381 this(null); 382 } 383 384 /** 385 * Constructs a new instance for a threshold. 386 * <p> 387 * If the threshold is not null, distance calculations will be limited to a maximum length. 388 * </p> 389 * <p> 390 * If the threshold is null, the unlimited version of the algorithm will be used. 391 * </p> 392 * 393 * @param threshold If this is null then distances calculations will not be limited. This may not be negative. 394 */ 395 public LevenshteinDetailedDistance(final Integer threshold) { 396 if (threshold != null && threshold < 0) { 397 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Threshold must not be negative"); 398 } 399 this.threshold = threshold; 400 } 401 402 /** 403 * Computes the Levenshtein distance between two Strings. 404 * 405 * <p> 406 * A higher score indicates a greater distance. 407 * </p> 408 * 409 * <p> 410 * Chas Emerick has written an implementation in Java, which avoids an OutOfMemoryError which can occur when my Java implementation is used with very large 411 * strings. 412 * </p> 413 * 414 * <pre> 415 * distance.apply(null, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 416 * distance.apply(*, null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 417 * distance.apply("","") = 0 418 * distance.apply("","a") = 1 419 * distance.apply("aaapppp", "") = 7 420 * distance.apply("frog", "fog") = 1 421 * distance.apply("fly", "ant") = 3 422 * distance.apply("elephant", "hippo") = 7 423 * distance.apply("hippo", "elephant") = 7 424 * distance.apply("hippo", "zzzzzzzz") = 8 425 * distance.apply("hello", "hallo") = 1 426 * </pre> 427 * 428 * @param left the first input, must not be null. 429 * @param right the second input, must not be null. 430 * @return result distance, or -1. 431 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either String input {@code null}. 432 */ 433 @Override 434 public LevenshteinResults apply(final CharSequence left, final CharSequence right) { 435 return apply(SimilarityInput.input(left), SimilarityInput.input(right)); 436 } 437 438 /** 439 * Computes the Levenshtein distance between two Strings. 440 * 441 * <p> 442 * A higher score indicates a greater distance. 443 * </p> 444 * 445 * <p> 446 * Chas Emerick has written an implementation in Java, which avoids an OutOfMemoryError which can occur when my Java implementation is used with very large 447 * strings. 448 * </p> 449 * 450 * <pre> 451 * distance.apply(null, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 452 * distance.apply(*, null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 453 * distance.apply("","") = 0 454 * distance.apply("","a") = 1 455 * distance.apply("aaapppp", "") = 7 456 * distance.apply("frog", "fog") = 1 457 * distance.apply("fly", "ant") = 3 458 * distance.apply("elephant", "hippo") = 7 459 * distance.apply("hippo", "elephant") = 7 460 * distance.apply("hippo", "zzzzzzzz") = 8 461 * distance.apply("hello", "hallo") = 1 462 * </pre> 463 * 464 * @param <E> The type of similarity score unit. 465 * @param left the first input, must not be null. 466 * @param right the second input, must not be null. 467 * @return result distance, or -1. 468 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either String input {@code null}. 469 * @since 1.13.0 470 */ 471 public <E> LevenshteinResults apply(final SimilarityInput<E> left, final SimilarityInput<E> right) { 472 if (threshold != null) { 473 return limitedCompare(left, right, threshold); 474 } 475 return unlimitedCompare(left, right); 476 } 477 478 /** 479 * Gets the distance threshold. 480 * 481 * @return The distance threshold. 482 */ 483 public Integer getThreshold() { 484 return threshold; 485 } 486}