org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/correction/NameMatcher.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/


package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.correction;

public class NameMatcher {

	/**
	 * Returns a similarity value of the two names.
	 * The range of is from 0 to 256. no similarity is negative
	 */
	public static boolean isSimilarName(String name1, String name2) {
		return getSimilarity(name1, name2) >= 0;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a similarity value of the two names.
	 * The range of is from 0 to 256. no similarity is negative
	 */
	public static int getSimilarity(String name1, String name2) {
		if (name1.length() > name2.length()) {
			String tmp= name1;
			name1= name2;
			name2= tmp;
		}
		int name1len= name1.length();
		int name2len= name2.length();

		int nMatched= 0;

		int i= 0;
		while (i < name1len && isSimilarChar(name1.charAt(i), name2.charAt(i))) {
			i++;
			nMatched++;
		}

		int k= name1len;
		int diff= name2len - name1len;
		while (k > i && isSimilarChar(name1.charAt(k - 1), name2.charAt(k + diff - 1))) {
			k--;
			nMatched++;
		}

		if (nMatched == name2len) {
			return 200;
		}

		if (name2len - nMatched > nMatched) {
			return -1;
		}

		int tolerance= name2len / 4 + 1;
		return (tolerance - (k - i)) * 256 / tolerance;
	}

	private static boolean isSimilarChar(char ch1, char ch2) {
		return Character.toLowerCase(ch1) == Character.toLowerCase(ch2);
	}

}