Package com.sun.enterprise.admin.cli

Class StringEditDistance

java.lang.Object

com.sun.enterprise.admin.cli.StringEditDistance

public class StringEditDistance
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static int	editDistance(String a, String b)	Computes the edit distance between two strings.
static String	findNearest(String key, String[] group)	Finds the string in the group closest to key and returns it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

editDistance

public static int editDistance(String a,
                               String b)

Computes the edit distance between two strings.

The complexity is O(nm) where n=a.length() and m=b.length().

Parameters:

a -

b -

Returns:

findNearest

public static String findNearest(String key,
                                 String[] group)

Finds the string in the group closest to key and returns it.

Parameters:

key -

group -

Returns:

null if group.length==0.