org.openscience.nmrshiftdb.util
Class lDistance

java.lang.Object
  org.openscience.nmrshiftdb.util.lDistance

public class lDistance
extends java.lang.Object

This class calculate the distance of two String. It's taken from WWW Site: http://w3.nai.net/~rvdi/bgiel/bill.htm and is a C port

Author:

shk3

Field Summary

private static int	ADDITION
private static int	ARR_SIZE
private static int	CHANGE
private static int	COMP_LEN
private static int	DELETION

Constructor Summary

lDistance()

Method Summary

static int	isAlike(java.lang.String requested, java.lang.String found) Gets the alike attribute of the lDistance class
private static int	smallestOf(int x, int y, int z) Min of three int
private static char	toupper(char ch) Turns a char to upper case

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COMP_LEN

private static int COMP_LEN

ARR_SIZE

private static int ARR_SIZE

ADDITION

private static int ADDITION

CHANGE

private static int CHANGE

DELETION

private static int DELETION

Constructor Detail

lDistance

public lDistance()

Method Detail

isAlike

public static int isAlike(java.lang.String requested,
                          java.lang.String found)

Gets the alike attribute of the lDistance class

Parameters:

requested - Description of Parameter

found - Description of Parameter

Returns:

The alike value

smallestOf

private static int smallestOf(int x,
                              int y,
                              int z)

Min of three int

Parameters:

x - int

y - int

z - int

Returns:

int

toupper

private static char toupper(char ch)

Turns a char to upper case

Parameters:

ch - Input

Returns:

Output