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17 package org.apache.commons.text.similarity;
18
19 import java.util.Locale;
20
21 /**
22 * A matching algorithm that is similar to the searching algorithms implemented in editors such
23 * as Sublime Text, TextMate, Atom and others.
24 *
25 * <p>
26 * One point is given for every matched character. Subsequent matches yield two bonus points. A higher score
27 * indicates a higher similarity.
28 * </p>
29 *
30 * <p>
31 * This code has been adapted from Apache Commons Lang 3.3.
32 * </p>
33 *
34 * @since 1.0
35 */
36 public class FuzzyScore {
37
38 /**
39 * Locale used to change the case of text.
40 */
41 private final Locale locale;
42
43 /**
44 * Constructs a new instance for a {@link Locale}-specific {@link FuzzyScore}.
45 *
46 * @param locale The string matching logic is case insensitive. A {@link Locale} is necessary to normalize both Strings to lower case.
47 * @throws IllegalArgumentException This is thrown if the {@link Locale} parameter is {@code null}.
48 */
49 public FuzzyScore(final Locale locale) {
50 if (locale == null) {
51 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Locale must not be null");
52 }
53 this.locale = locale;
54 }
55
56 /**
57 * Computes the Fuzzy Score which indicates the similarity score between two Strings.
58 *
59 * <pre>
60 * score.fuzzyScore(null, null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException}
61 * score.fuzzyScore("not null", null) = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException}
62 * score.fuzzyScore(null, "not null") = Throws {@link IllegalArgumentException}
63 * score.fuzzyScore("", "") = 0
64 * score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "b") = 0
65 * score.fuzzyScore("Room", "o") = 1
66 * score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "w") = 1
67 * score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "ws") = 2
68 * score.fuzzyScore("Workshop", "wo") = 4
69 * score.fuzzyScore("Apache Software Foundation", "asf") = 3
70 * </pre>
71 *
72 * @param term a full term that should be matched against, must not be null.
73 * @param query the query that will be matched against a term, must not be null.
74 * @return result score.
75 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the term or query is {@code null}.
76 */
77 public Integer fuzzyScore(final CharSequence term, final CharSequence query) {
78 if (term == null || query == null) {
79 throw new IllegalArgumentException("CharSequences must not be null");
80 }
81 // fuzzy logic is case insensitive. We normalize the Strings to lower
82 // case right from the start. Turning characters to lower case
83 // via Character.toLowerCase(char) is unfortunately insufficient
84 // as it does not accept a locale.
85 final String termLowerCase = term.toString().toLowerCase(locale);
86 final String queryLowerCase = query.toString().toLowerCase(locale);
87 // the resulting score
88 int score = 0;
89 // the position in the term which will be scanned next for potential
90 // query character matches
91 int termIndex = 0;
92 // index of the previously matched character in the term
93 int previousMatchingCharacterIndex = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
94 for (int queryIndex = 0; queryIndex < queryLowerCase.length(); queryIndex++) {
95 final char queryChar = queryLowerCase.charAt(queryIndex);
96 boolean termCharacterMatchFound = false;
97 for (; termIndex < termLowerCase.length() && !termCharacterMatchFound; termIndex++) {
98 final char termChar = termLowerCase.charAt(termIndex);
99 if (queryChar == termChar) {
100 // simple character matches result in one point
101 score++;
102 // subsequent character matches further improve
103 // the score.
104 if (previousMatchingCharacterIndex + 1 == termIndex) {
105 score += 2;
106 }
107 previousMatchingCharacterIndex = termIndex;
108 // we can leave the nested loop. Every character in the
109 // query can match at most one character in the term.
110 termCharacterMatchFound = true;
111 }
112 }
113 }
114 return score;
115 }
116
117 /**
118 * Gets the locale.
119 *
120 * @return The locale
121 */
122 public Locale getLocale() {
123 return locale;
124 }
125
126 }