Package org.jpass.crypt

Class WordSimilarity

java.lang.Object

org.jpass.crypt.WordSimilarity

public class WordSimilarity
extends Object

This class is used to calculate the similarity between two words using Levenshtein algorithm. Levenshtein distance link

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
WordSimilarity()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int	calculateLevenshteinDistance(String word1, String word2)	Calculate the similarity between two words using Levenshtein algorithm.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

WordSimilarity

public WordSimilarity()

Method Details

calculateLevenshteinDistance

public static int calculateLevenshteinDistance(String word1,
 String word2)

Calculate the similarity between two words using Levenshtein algorithm.

Parameters:

word1 - first word

word2 - second word

Returns:

the similarity (integer) between the two words