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ohair@286: 
ohair@286: package com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.util;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286: import java.util.Collection;
ohair@286: import java.util.Arrays;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286: /**
ohair@286:  * Computes the string edit distance.
ohair@286:  *
ohair@286:  * <p>
ohair@286:  * Refer to a computer science text book for the definition
ohair@286:  * of the "string edit distance".
ohair@286:  *
ohair@286:  * @author
ohair@286:  *     Kohsuke Kawaguchi (kohsuke.kawaguchi@sun.com)
ohair@286:  */
ohair@286: public class EditDistance {
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     /**
ohair@286:      * Computes the edit distance between two strings.
ohair@286:      *
ohair@286:      * <p>
ohair@286:      * The complexity is O(nm) where n=a.length() and m=b.length().
ohair@286:      */
ohair@286:     public static int editDistance( String a, String b ) {
ohair@286:         return new EditDistance(a,b).calc();
ohair@286:     }
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     /**
ohair@286:      * Finds the string in the <code>group</code> closest to
ohair@286:      * <code>key</code> and returns it.
ohair@286:      *
ohair@286:      * @return null if group.length==0.
ohair@286:      */
ohair@286:     public static String findNearest( String key, String[] group ) {
ohair@286:         return findNearest(key, Arrays.asList(group));
ohair@286:     }
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     /**
ohair@286:      * Finds the string in the <code>group</code> closest to
ohair@286:      * <code>key</code> and returns it.
ohair@286:      *
ohair@286:      * @return null if group.length==0.
ohair@286:      */
ohair@286:     public static String findNearest( String key, Collection<String> group ) {
ohair@286:         int c = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
ohair@286:         String r = null;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:         for (String s : group) {
ohair@286:             int ed = editDistance(key,s);
ohair@286:             if( c>ed ) {
ohair@286:                 c = ed;
ohair@286:                 r = s;
ohair@286:             }
ohair@286:         }
ohair@286:         return r;
ohair@286:     }
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     /** cost vector. */
ohair@286:     private int[] cost;
ohair@286:     /** back buffer. */
ohair@286:     private int[] back;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     /** Two strings to be compared. */
ohair@286:     private final String a,b;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     private EditDistance( String a, String b ) {
ohair@286:         this.a=a;
ohair@286:         this.b=b;
ohair@286:         cost = new int[a.length()+1];
ohair@286:         back = new int[a.length()+1]; // back buffer
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:         for( int i=0; i<=a.length(); i++ )
ohair@286:             cost[i] = i;
ohair@286:     }
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     /**
ohair@286:      * Swaps two buffers.
ohair@286:      */
ohair@286:     private void flip() {
ohair@286:         int[] t = cost;
ohair@286:         cost = back;
ohair@286:         back = t;
ohair@286:     }
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     private int min(int a,int b,int c) {
ohair@286:         return Math.min(a,Math.min(b,c));
ohair@286:     }
ohair@286: 
ohair@286:     private int calc() {
ohair@286:         for( int j=0; j<b.length(); j++ ) {
ohair@286:             flip();
ohair@286:             cost[0] = j+1;
ohair@286:             for( int i=0; i<a.length(); i++ ) {
ohair@286:                 int match = (a.charAt(i)==b.charAt(j))?0:1;
ohair@286:                 cost[i+1] = min( back[i]+match, cost[i]+1, back[i+1]+1 );
ohair@286:             }
ohair@286:         }
ohair@286:         return cost[a.length()];
ohair@286:     }
ohair@286: }