LevenshteinDistance.java

package org.nutz.repo;

/**
 * 最小编辑距离算法(Levenshtein distance), from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithm_Implementation/Strings/Levenshtein_distance#Java
 * @author wendal(wendal1985@gmail.com)
 *
 */
public class LevenshteinDistance {
	
        private static int minimum(int a, int b, int c) {
                return Math.min(Math.min(a, b), c);
        }
 
        public static int computeLevenshteinDistance(String str1,String str2) {
                int[][] distance = new int[str1.length() + 1][str2.length() + 1];
 
                for (int i = 0; i <= str1.length(); i++)
                        distance[i][0] = i;
                for (int j = 1; j <= str2.length(); j++)
                        distance[0][j] = j;
 
                for (int i = 1; i <= str1.length(); i++)
                        for (int j = 1; j <= str2.length(); j++)
                                distance[i][j] = minimum(
                                                distance[i - 1][j] + 1,
                                                distance[i][j - 1] + 1,
                                                distance[i - 1][j - 1]+ ((str1.charAt(i - 1) == str2.charAt(j - 1)) ? 0 : 1));
 
                return distance[str1.length()][str2.length()];    
        }

}