one.microstream.chars

Interface _charDistance

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface _charDistance

Function type that calculates the distance or difference or cost between two given characters.

This is useful mostly for string procedure algorithms (e.g. Levenshtein distance).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
float	distance(char a, char b) Calculates the distance of the two given characters.

Method Detail

distance

float distance(char a,
               char b)

Calculates the distance of the two given characters.

The meaning of the returned value depends on the function implementation and/or the context it is used in.
Typical string similarity values range from 0.0 to 1.0 .

Parameters:

a - the first character

b - the second character

Returns:

the distance/difference/cost of the two given characters.