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The advantage is 087 * 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 + 1 088 * 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 089 * time until the distance is found; this is O(dm), where d is the distance. 090 * 091 * One subtlety comes from needing to ignore entries on the border of our stripe, for example, 092 * p[] = |#|#|#|* d[] = *|#|#|#| We must ignore the entry to the left 093 * of the leftmost member We must ignore the entry above the rightmost member 094 * 095 * 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 096 * shorter of the two, the stripe will always run off to the upper right instead of the lower left of the matrix. 097 * 098 * 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 099 * matrix would look like so: 100 * 101 * <pre> 1 2 3 4 5 1 |#|#| | | | 2 |#|#|#| | | 3 | |#|#|#| | 4 | | |#|#|#| 5 | | | |#|#| 6 | | | | |#| 7 | | | | | | </pre> 102 * 103 * 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. 104 * 105 * Additionally, this implementation decreases memory usage by using two single-dimensional arrays and swapping them back and forth instead of 106 * 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 107 * the matrix and initially filling the arrays with large values so that entries we don't compute are ignored. 108 * 109 * See Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences by Dan Gusfield for some discussion. 110 */ 111 112 int n = left.length(); // length of left 113 int m = right.length(); // length of right 114 115 // if one string is empty, the edit distance is necessarily the length 116 // of the other 117 if (n == 0) { 118 return m <= threshold ? m : -1; 119 } 120 if (m == 0) { 121 return n <= threshold ? n : -1; 122 } 123 124 if (n > m) { 125 // swap the two strings to consume less memory 126 final SimilarityInput<E> tmp = left; 127 left = right; 128 right = tmp; 129 n = m; 130 m = right.length(); 131 } 132 133 // the edit distance cannot be less than the length difference 134 if (m - n > threshold) { 135 return -1; 136 } 137 138 int[] p = new int[n + 1]; // 'previous' cost array, horizontally 139 int[] d = new int[n + 1]; // cost array, horizontally 140 int[] tempD; // placeholder to assist in swapping p and d 141 142 // fill in starting table values 143 final int boundary = Math.min(n, threshold) + 1; 144 for (int i = 0; i < boundary; i++) { 145 p[i] = i; 146 } 147 // these fills ensure that the value above the rightmost entry of our 148 // stripe will be ignored in following loop iterations 149 Arrays.fill(p, boundary, p.length, Integer.MAX_VALUE); 150 Arrays.fill(d, Integer.MAX_VALUE); 151 152 // iterates through t 153 for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { 154 final E rightJ = right.at(j - 1); // jth character of right 155 d[0] = j; 156 157 // compute stripe indices, constrain to array size 158 final int min = Math.max(1, j - threshold); 159 final int max = j > Integer.MAX_VALUE - threshold ? n : Math.min(n, j + threshold); 160 161 // ignore entry left of leftmost 162 if (min > 1) { 163 d[min - 1] = Integer.MAX_VALUE; 164 } 165 166 int lowerBound = Integer.MAX_VALUE; 167 // iterates through [min, max] in s 168 for (int i = min; i <= max; i++) { 169 if (left.at(i - 1).equals(rightJ)) { 170 // diagonally left and up 171 d[i] = p[i - 1]; 172 } else { 173 // 1 + minimum of cell to the left, to the top, diagonally 174 // left and up 175 d[i] = 1 + Math.min(Math.min(d[i - 1], p[i]), p[i - 1]); 176 } 177 lowerBound = Math.min(lowerBound, d[i]); 178 } 179 // if the lower bound is greater than the threshold, then exit early 180 if (lowerBound > threshold) { 181 return -1; 182 } 183 184 // copy current distance counts to 'previous row' distance counts 185 tempD = p; 186 p = d; 187 d = tempD; 188 } 189 190 // if p[n] is greater than the threshold, there's no guarantee on it 191 // being the correct 192 // distance 193 if (p[n] <= threshold) { 194 return p[n]; 195 } 196 return -1; 197 } 198 199 /** 200 * Finds the Levenshtein distance between two Strings. 201 * 202 * <p> 203 * A higher score indicates a greater distance. 204 * </p> 205 * 206 * <p> 207 * This implementation only need one single-dimensional arrays of length s.length() + 1 208 * </p> 209 * 210 * <pre> 211 * unlimitedCompare(null, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 212 * unlimitedCompare(*, null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 213 * unlimitedCompare("","") = 0 214 * unlimitedCompare("","a") = 1 215 * unlimitedCompare("aaapppp", "") = 7 216 * unlimitedCompare("frog", "fog") = 1 217 * unlimitedCompare("fly", "ant") = 3 218 * unlimitedCompare("elephant", "hippo") = 7 219 * unlimitedCompare("hippo", "elephant") = 7 220 * unlimitedCompare("hippo", "zzzzzzzz") = 8 221 * unlimitedCompare("hello", "hallo") = 1 222 * </pre> 223 * 224 * @param left the first CharSequence, must not be null. 225 * @param right the second CharSequence, must not be null. 226 * @return result distance, or -1. 227 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either CharSequence input is {@code null}. 228 */ 229 private static <E> int unlimitedCompare(SimilarityInput<E> left, SimilarityInput<E> right) { 230 if (left == null || right == null) { 231 throw new IllegalArgumentException("CharSequences must not be null"); 232 } 233 /* 234 * This implementation use two variable to record the previous cost counts, So this implementation use less memory than previous impl. 235 */ 236 int n = left.length(); // length of left 237 int m = right.length(); // length of right 238 239 if (n == 0) { 240 return m; 241 } 242 if (m == 0) { 243 return n; 244 } 245 if (n > m) { 246 // swap the input strings to consume less memory 247 final SimilarityInput<E> tmp = left; 248 left = right; 249 right = tmp; 250 n = m; 251 m = right.length(); 252 } 253 final int[] p = new int[n + 1]; 254 // indexes into strings left and right 255 int i; // iterates through left 256 int j; // iterates through right 257 int upperLeft; 258 int upper; 259 E rightJ; // jth character of right 260 int cost; // cost 261 for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) { 262 p[i] = i; 263 } 264 for (j = 1; j <= m; j++) { 265 upperLeft = p[0]; 266 rightJ = right.at(j - 1); 267 p[0] = j; 268 269 for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) { 270 upper = p[i]; 271 cost = left.at(i - 1).equals(rightJ) ? 0 : 1; 272 // minimum of cell to the left+1, to the top+1, diagonally left and up +cost 273 p[i] = Math.min(Math.min(p[i - 1] + 1, p[i] + 1), upperLeft + cost); 274 upperLeft = upper; 275 } 276 } 277 return p[n]; 278 } 279 280 /** 281 * Threshold. 282 */ 283 private final Integer threshold; 284 285 /** 286 * Constructs a default instance that uses a version of the algorithm that does not use a threshold parameter. 287 * 288 * @see LevenshteinDistance#getDefaultInstance() 289 * @deprecated Use {@link #getDefaultInstance()}. 290 */ 291 @Deprecated 292 public LevenshteinDistance() { 293 this(null); 294 } 295 296 /** 297 * Constructs a new instance. If the threshold is not null, distance calculations will be limited to a maximum length. If the threshold is null, the 298 * unlimited version of the algorithm will be used. 299 * 300 * @param threshold If this is null then distances calculations will not be limited. This may not be negative. 301 */ 302 public LevenshteinDistance(final Integer threshold) { 303 if (threshold != null && threshold < 0) { 304 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Threshold must not be negative"); 305 } 306 this.threshold = threshold; 307 } 308 309 /** 310 * Computes the Levenshtein distance between two Strings. 311 * 312 * <p> 313 * A higher score indicates a greater distance. 314 * </p> 315 * 316 * <p> 317 * Chas Emerick has written an implementation in Java, which avoids an OutOfMemoryError which can occur when my Java implementation is used with very large 318 * strings. 319 * </p> 320 * 321 * <pre> 322 * distance.apply(null, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 323 * distance.apply(*, null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 324 * distance.apply("","") = 0 325 * distance.apply("","a") = 1 326 * distance.apply("aaapppp", "") = 7 327 * distance.apply("frog", "fog") = 1 328 * distance.apply("fly", "ant") = 3 329 * distance.apply("elephant", "hippo") = 7 330 * distance.apply("hippo", "elephant") = 7 331 * distance.apply("hippo", "zzzzzzzz") = 8 332 * distance.apply("hello", "hallo") = 1 333 * </pre> 334 * 335 * @param left the first input, must not be null. 336 * @param right the second input, must not be null. 337 * @return result distance, or -1. 338 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either String input {@code null}. 339 */ 340 @Override 341 public Integer apply(final CharSequence left, final CharSequence right) { 342 return apply(SimilarityInput.input(left), SimilarityInput.input(right)); 343 } 344 345 /** 346 * Computes the Levenshtein distance between two inputs. 347 * 348 * <p> 349 * A higher score indicates a greater distance. 350 * </p> 351 * 352 * <pre> 353 * distance.apply(null, *) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 354 * distance.apply(*, null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} 355 * distance.apply("","") = 0 356 * distance.apply("","a") = 1 357 * distance.apply("aaapppp", "") = 7 358 * distance.apply("frog", "fog") = 1 359 * distance.apply("fly", "ant") = 3 360 * distance.apply("elephant", "hippo") = 7 361 * distance.apply("hippo", "elephant") = 7 362 * distance.apply("hippo", "zzzzzzzz") = 8 363 * distance.apply("hello", "hallo") = 1 364 * </pre> 365 * 366 * @param <E> The type of similarity score unit. 367 * @param left the first input, must not be null. 368 * @param right the second input, must not be null. 369 * @return result distance, or -1. 370 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either String input {@code null}. 371 * @since 1.13.0 372 */ 373 public <E> Integer apply(final SimilarityInput<E> left, final SimilarityInput<E> right) { 374 if (threshold != null) { 375 return limitedCompare(left, right, threshold); 376 } 377 return unlimitedCompare(left, right); 378 } 379 380 /** 381 * Gets the distance threshold. 382 * 383 * @return The distance threshold. 384 */ 385 public Integer getThreshold() { 386 return threshold; 387 } 388 389}