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Jonathan Baker commented on LANG-1011:
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1. Is org.apache.commons.lang3.text.StringDistances a good place to move these
functions?
2. Should the corresponding changes also be made in the 2.x version? The
[release
plan](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:summary-panel#pd-desc)
says no, but please confirm.
3. Would it make sense (maybe for lang 4 since java 8 is required) to create a
StringDistance<DISTANCE> interface that extends [BiFunction<CharSequence,
CharSequence,
DISTANCE>](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/function/BiFunction.html)?
// For example:
public interface StringDistance<DISTANCE> extends BiFunction<CharSequence,
CharSequence, DISTANCE> {
public DISTANCE apply( CharSequence t, CharSequence u );
}
public class LevenshteinDistance implements StringDistance<Integer> {
private final Integer threshold;
public LeveshteinDistance() { ... }
public LevenshteinDistance( final int threshold ) { ... }
public Integer apply( CharSequence t, CharSequence u ) {
// Would two Leveshtein classes be better than the null check?
if (threshold == null) {
return getDistance( t, u );
} else {
return getDistance( t, u, threshold );
}
}
public static Integer getDistance( CharSequence t, CharSequence u ) {
... }
public static Integer getDistance( CharSequence t, CharSequence u, int
threshold ) { ... }
}
> Create a new class StringDistance as host for the getXXDistance methods in
> StringUtils
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>
> Key: LANG-1011
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1011
> Project: Commons Lang
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: lang.*
> Reporter: Benedikt Ritter
> Assignee: Benedikt Ritter
> Fix For: 3.4
>
>
> We're getting more and more algorithms that calculate distances between
> strings, so it makes sense to create a new class for this kind of logic.
> deprecate getLevenshteinDistance and getJaroWinklerDistance and delegate to
> the new class. If the new class is implemented in 3.4, move getFuzzyDistance
> (is has not yet been released)
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