nameElementSimilarityDb

esc.similarity.nameElementSimilarityDb

object nameElementSimilarityDb

Object providing methods for known similarity name element pairs.

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Supertypes: class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: nameElementSimilarityDb.type

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Concrete methods

Return if a similarity is know or not and the similarity value. Similarity of a no knowing combination is -99.999.

Value parameters

nameElementA: The name element a) for the comparison. Name element, e.g. john, not a full name.
nameElementB: The name element b) for the comparison. Name element, e.g. john, not a full name.

Attributes

Returns: Return a Tuple with Boolean if is the similarity known or not (true/false) and the similarity value. If not know, the value is -99.999.

Return a list with matching name elements for a given name element. MatchLevel is an equal or bigger value of similarity. For matchLevel it is recommended to use the value of SimilarityConfig.nameElementSimilarityForHit. This is also used as the default.

Value parameters

matchLevel: The similarity value from which you speak from a hit. E.g. 0.9. Use the value from SimilarityConfig.nameElementSimilarityForHit for consistence.
nameElement: The name element for which you asked for known hits.

Attributes

Returns: Return a list of String with found known matches.

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