Class FuzzyScore

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.text.similarity.FuzzyScore

public class FuzzyScore
extends Object
A matching algorithm that is similar to the searching algorithms implemented in editors such as Sublime Text, TextMate, Atom and others.

One point is given for every matched character. Subsequent matches yield two bonus points. A higher score indicates a higher similarity.

This code has been adapted from Apache Commons Lang 3.3.

Since:
1.0
  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • fuzzyScore

      public Integer fuzzyScore​(CharSequence term, CharSequence query)

      Find the Fuzzy Score which indicates the similarity score between two Strings.

       score.fuzzyScore(null, null)                          = IllegalArgumentException
       score.fuzzyScore("not null", null)                    = IllegalArgumentException
       score.fuzzyScore(null, "not null")                    = IllegalArgumentException
       score.fuzzyScore("", "")                              = 0
       score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "b")                     = 0
       score.fuzzyScore("Room", "o")                         = 1
       score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "w")                     = 1
       score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "ws")                    = 2
       score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "wo")                    = 4
       score.fuzzyScore("Apache Software Foundation", "asf") = 3
       
      Parameters:
      term - a full term that should be matched against, must not be null
      query - the query that will be matched against a term, must not be null
      Returns:
      result score
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the term or query is null
    • getLocale

      public Locale getLocale()
      Gets the locale.
      Returns:
      The locale