org.mmbase.util
Class Matcher

java.lang.Object
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public class Matcher

extends java.lang.Object

Class for matching two strings and returning an indicator (threshold) on how these compare. The returned value of match(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) is 0 when no maytch is found, 1 if it is a perfect match. Values in between indicate the level of partial matchings.

Constructor Summary

Matcher()

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
static float	match(java.lang.String firstString, java.lang.String secondString) This method will match two string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Matcher

public Matcher()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

match

public static float match(java.lang.String firstString,
                          java.lang.String secondString)

This method will match two string. It will return a treshold, 0 indicates absolutely no match, 1 means perfect match.