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package org.apache.commons.text.similarity;
import java.util.Arrays;
/**
* A similarity algorithm indicating the percentage of matched characters between two character sequences.
*
*
* The Jaro measure is the weighted sum of percentage of matched characters
* from each file and transposed characters. Winkler increased this measure
* for matching initial characters.
*
*
*
* This implementation is based on the Jaro Winkler similarity algorithm
* from
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro%E2%80%93Winkler_distance.
*
*
*
* This code has been adapted from Apache Commons Lang 3.3.
*
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public class JaroWinklerDistance implements SimilarityScore {
/**
* Represents a failed index search.
*/
public static final int INDEX_NOT_FOUND = -1;
/**
* Find the Jaro Winkler Distance which indicates the similarity score
* between two CharSequences.
*
*
* distance.apply(null, null) = IllegalArgumentException
* distance.apply("","") = 0.0
* distance.apply("","a") = 0.0
* distance.apply("aaapppp", "") = 0.0
* distance.apply("frog", "fog") = 0.93
* distance.apply("fly", "ant") = 0.0
* distance.apply("elephant", "hippo") = 0.44
* distance.apply("hippo", "elephant") = 0.44
* distance.apply("hippo", "zzzzzzzz") = 0.0
* distance.apply("hello", "hallo") = 0.88
* distance.apply("ABC Corporation", "ABC Corp") = 0.93
* distance.apply("D N H Enterprises Inc", "D & H Enterprises, Inc.") = 0.95
* distance.apply("My Gym Children's Fitness Center", "My Gym. Childrens Fitness") = 0.92
* distance.apply("PENNSYLVANIA", "PENNCISYLVNIA") = 0.88
*
*
* @param left the first String, must not be null
* @param right the second String, must not be null
* @return result distance
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if either String input {@code null}
*/
@Override
public Double apply(final CharSequence left, final CharSequence right) {
final double defaultScalingFactor = 0.1;
if (left == null || right == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Strings must not be null");
}
int[] mtp = matches(left, right);
double m = mtp[0];
if (m == 0) {
return 0D;
}
double j = ((m / left.length() + m / right.length() + (m - mtp[1]) / m)) / 3;
double jw = j < 0.7D ? j : j + Math.min(defaultScalingFactor, 1D / mtp[3]) * mtp[2] * (1D - j);
return jw;
}
/**
* This method returns the Jaro-Winkler string matches, transpositions, prefix, max array.
*
* @param first the first string to be matched
* @param second the second string to be machted
* @return mtp array containing: matches, transpositions, prefix, and max length
*/
protected static int[] matches(final CharSequence first, final CharSequence second) {
CharSequence max, min;
if (first.length() > second.length()) {
max = first;
min = second;
} else {
max = second;
min = first;
}
int range = Math.max(max.length() / 2 - 1, 0);
int[] matchIndexes = new int[min.length()];
Arrays.fill(matchIndexes, -1);
boolean[] matchFlags = new boolean[max.length()];
int matches = 0;
for (int mi = 0; mi < min.length(); mi++) {
char c1 = min.charAt(mi);
for (int xi = Math.max(mi - range, 0), xn = Math.min(mi + range + 1, max.length()); xi < xn; xi++) {
if (!matchFlags[xi] && c1 == max.charAt(xi)) {
matchIndexes[mi] = xi;
matchFlags[xi] = true;
matches++;
break;
}
}
}
char[] ms1 = new char[matches];
char[] ms2 = new char[matches];
for (int i = 0, si = 0; i < min.length(); i++) {
if (matchIndexes[i] != -1) {
ms1[si] = min.charAt(i);
si++;
}
}
for (int i = 0, si = 0; i < max.length(); i++) {
if (matchFlags[i]) {
ms2[si] = max.charAt(i);
si++;
}
}
int transpositions = 0;
for (int mi = 0; mi < ms1.length; mi++) {
if (ms1[mi] != ms2[mi]) {
transpositions++;
}
}
int prefix = 0;
for (int mi = 0; mi < min.length(); mi++) {
if (first.charAt(mi) == second.charAt(mi)) {
prefix++;
} else {
break;
}
}
return new int[] {matches, transpositions / 2, prefix, max.length()};
}
}