## Uses of Interface
org.apache.lucene.search.spell.StringDistance

Packages that use StringDistance
org.apache.lucene.search.spell: Suggest alternate spellings for words.

Uses of StringDistance in org.apache.lucene.search.spell

Classes in org.apache.lucene.search.spell that implement StringDistance
`class` `JaroWinklerDistance` Similarity measure for short strings such as person names.
`class` `LevensteinDistance` Levenstein edit distance class.
`class` `LuceneLevenshteinDistance` Damerau-Levenshtein (optimal string alignment) implemented in a consistent way as Lucene's FuzzyTermsEnum with the transpositions option enabled.
`class` `NGramDistance` N-Gram version of edit distance based on paper by Grzegorz Kondrak, "N-gram similarity and distance".

Fields in org.apache.lucene.search.spell declared as StringDistance
`static StringDistance` `DirectSpellChecker.INTERNAL_LEVENSHTEIN` The default StringDistance, Damerau-Levenshtein distance implemented internally via `LevenshteinAutomata`.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.search.spell that return StringDistance
`StringDistance` `DirectSpellChecker.getDistance()` Get the string distance metric in use.
`StringDistance` `SpellChecker.getStringDistance()` Returns the `StringDistance` instance used by this `SpellChecker` instance.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.search.spell with parameters of type StringDistance
`void` `DirectSpellChecker.setDistance(StringDistance distance)` Set the string distance metric.
`void` `SpellChecker.setStringDistance(StringDistance sd)` Sets the `StringDistance` implementation for this `SpellChecker` instance.

Constructors in org.apache.lucene.search.spell with parameters of type StringDistance
`SpellChecker(Directory spellIndex, StringDistance sd)` Use the given directory as a spell checker index.
`SpellChecker(Directory spellIndex, StringDistance sd, Comparator<SuggestWord> comparator)` Use the given directory as a spell checker index with the given `StringDistance` measure and the given `Comparator` for sorting the results.

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