SuggestWord.java

package org.apache.lucene.search.spell;


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/**
 *  SuggestWord, used in suggestSimilar method in SpellChecker class.
 * 
 *
 */
final class SuggestWord {
  /**
   * the score of the word
   */
  public float score;

  /**
   * The freq of the word
   */
  public int freq;

  /**
   * the suggested word
   */
  public String string;

  public final int compareTo(SuggestWord a) {
    // first criteria: the edit distance
    if (score > a.score) {
      return 1;
    }
    if (score < a.score) {
      return -1;
    }

    // second criteria (if first criteria is equal): the popularity
    if (freq > a.freq) {
      return 1;
    }

    if (freq < a.freq) {
      return -1;
    }
    return 0;
  }
}