java.lang.Object
- org.aksw.limes.core.measures.measure.MeasureFactory

```
public class MeasureFactory
extends Object
```
Implements the measure factory class. For each measure name, the factory returns an object of the corresponding measure.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Axel-C. Ngonga Ngomo (ngonga@informatik.uni-leipzig.de), Kleanthi Georgala (georgala@informatik.uni-leipzig.de), Mohamed Sherif (sherif@informatik.uni-leipzig.de)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String`	`CAVERPHONE1`
`static String`	`CAVERPHONE2`
`static String`	`COSINE`
`static String`	`DAITCHMOKOTOFF`
`static String`	`DOUBLEMETA`
`static String`	`EUCLIDEAN`
`static String`	`EXACTMATCH`
`static String`	`GEO_AVG`
`static String`	`GEO_CENTROID_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF`
`static String`	`GEO_FAIR_SURJECTION`
`static String`	`GEO_FAST_HAUSDORFF`
`static String`	`GEO_FRECHET`
`static String`	`GEO_GREAT_ELLIPTIC`
`static String`	`GEO_HAUSDORFF`
`static String`	`GEO_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF`
`static String`	`GEO_LINK`
`static String`	`GEO_MAX`
`static String`	`GEO_MEAN`
`static String`	`GEO_MIN`
`static String`	`GEO_NAIVE_HAUSDORFF`
`static String`	`GEO_ORTHODROMIC`
`static String`	`GEO_SCAN_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF`
`static String`	`GEO_SUM_OF_MIN`
`static String`	`GEO_SURJECTION`
`static String`	`GEO_SYMMETRIC_HAUSDORFF`
`static String`	`JACCARD`
`static String`	`JARO`
`static String`	`JAROWINKLER`
`static String`	`KOELN`
`static String`	`LCH`
`static String`	`LEVENSHTEIN`
`static String`	`LI`
`static String`	`MANHATTAN`
`static String`	`MATCHRATING`
`static String`	`META`
`static String`	`MONGEELKAN`
`static String`	`NYSIIS`
`static String`	`OVERLAP`
`static String`	`QGRAMS`
`static String`	`RATCLIFF`
`static String`	`REFINEDSOUNDEX`
`static String`	`SET_JACCARD`
`static String`	`SHORTEST_PATH`
`static String`	`SOUNDEX`
`static String`	`TMP_AFTER`
`static String`	`TMP_BEFORE`
`static String`	`TMP_CONCURRENT`
`static String`	`TMP_DURING`
`static String`	`TMP_DURING_REVERSE`
`static String`	`TMP_EQUALS`
`static String`	`TMP_FINISHES`
`static String`	`TMP_IS_FINISHED_BY`
`static String`	`TMP_IS_MET_BY`
`static String`	`TMP_IS_OVERLAPPED_BY`
`static String`	`TMP_IS_STARTED_BY`
`static String`	`TMP_MEETS`
`static String`	`TMP_OVERLAPS`
`static String`	`TMP_PREDECESSOR`
`static String`	`TMP_STARTS`
`static String`	`TMP_SUCCESSOR`
`static String`	`TOP_CONTAINS`
`static String`	`TOP_COVERED_BY`
`static String`	`TOP_COVERS`
`static String`	`TOP_CROSSES`
`static String`	`TOP_DISJOINT`
`static String`	`TOP_EQUALS`
`static String`	`TOP_INTERSECTS`
`static String`	`TOP_OVERLAPS`
`static String`	`TOP_TOUCHES`
`static String`	`TOP_WITHIN`
`static String`	`TRIGRAM`
`static String`	`WUPALMER`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MeasureFactory()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static AIndex`	`createIndexer()`
`static AMeasure`	`createMeasure(MeasureType type)`	Factory function for retrieving the desired measure instance.
`static MeasureType`	`getMeasureType(String expression)`	Factory function for retrieving a measure name from the set of allowed types.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - COSINE
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public static final String COSINE
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - EXACTMATCH
```
public static final String EXACTMATCH
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - JACCARD
```
public static final String JACCARD
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - JARO
```
public static final String JARO
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - JAROWINKLER
```
public static final String JAROWINKLER
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - LEVENSHTEIN
```
public static final String LEVENSHTEIN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - MONGEELKAN
```
public static final String MONGEELKAN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - OVERLAP
```
public static final String OVERLAP
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - QGRAMS
```
public static final String QGRAMS
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - RATCLIFF
```
public static final String RATCLIFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - SOUNDEX
```
public static final String SOUNDEX
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - DOUBLEMETA
```
public static final String DOUBLEMETA
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - KOELN
```
public static final String KOELN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - TRIGRAM
```
public static final String TRIGRAM
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - META
```
public static final String META
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - NYSIIS
```
public static final String NYSIIS
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - CAVERPHONE1
```
public static final String CAVERPHONE1
```
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  - CAVERPHONE2
```
public static final String CAVERPHONE2
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - REFINEDSOUNDEX
```
public static final String REFINEDSOUNDEX
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - MATCHRATING
```
public static final String MATCHRATING
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - DAITCHMOKOTOFF
```
public static final String DAITCHMOKOTOFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - EUCLIDEAN
```
public static final String EUCLIDEAN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - MANHATTAN
```
public static final String MANHATTAN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_ORTHODROMIC
```
public static final String GEO_ORTHODROMIC
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_GREAT_ELLIPTIC
```
public static final String GEO_GREAT_ELLIPTIC
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_CENTROID_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF
```
public static final String GEO_CENTROID_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_FAST_HAUSDORFF
```
public static final String GEO_FAST_HAUSDORFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_HAUSDORFF
```
public static final String GEO_HAUSDORFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF
```
public static final String GEO_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_NAIVE_HAUSDORFF
```
public static final String GEO_NAIVE_HAUSDORFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_SCAN_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF
```
public static final String GEO_SCAN_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_SYMMETRIC_HAUSDORFF
```
public static final String GEO_SYMMETRIC_HAUSDORFF
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_MAX
```
public static final String GEO_MAX
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_MEAN
```
public static final String GEO_MEAN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_MIN
```
public static final String GEO_MIN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_AVG
```
public static final String GEO_AVG
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_FRECHET
```
public static final String GEO_FRECHET
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_LINK
```
public static final String GEO_LINK
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_SUM_OF_MIN
```
public static final String GEO_SUM_OF_MIN
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_SURJECTION
```
public static final String GEO_SURJECTION
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - GEO_FAIR_SURJECTION
```
public static final String GEO_FAIR_SURJECTION
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - TMP_CONCURRENT
```
public static final String TMP_CONCURRENT
```
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  - TMP_PREDECESSOR
```
public static final String TMP_PREDECESSOR
```
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  - TMP_SUCCESSOR
```
public static final String TMP_SUCCESSOR
```
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  - TMP_AFTER
```
public static final String TMP_AFTER
```
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  - TMP_BEFORE
```
public static final String TMP_BEFORE
```
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  - TMP_DURING
```
public static final String TMP_DURING
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - TMP_DURING_REVERSE
```
public static final String TMP_DURING_REVERSE
```
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  - TMP_EQUALS
```
public static final String TMP_EQUALS
```
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  - TMP_FINISHES
```
public static final String TMP_FINISHES
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - TMP_IS_FINISHED_BY
```
public static final String TMP_IS_FINISHED_BY
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - TMP_IS_MET_BY
```
public static final String TMP_IS_MET_BY
```
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  - TMP_IS_OVERLAPPED_BY
```
public static final String TMP_IS_OVERLAPPED_BY
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - TMP_IS_STARTED_BY
```
public static final String TMP_IS_STARTED_BY
```
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  - TMP_MEETS
```
public static final String TMP_MEETS
```
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  - TMP_OVERLAPS
```
public static final String TMP_OVERLAPS
```
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  - TMP_STARTS
```
public static final String TMP_STARTS
```
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  - TOP_CONTAINS
```
public static final String TOP_CONTAINS
```
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  - TOP_COVERED_BY
```
public static final String TOP_COVERED_BY
```
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  - TOP_COVERS
```
public static final String TOP_COVERS
```
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  - TOP_CROSSES
```
public static final String TOP_CROSSES
```
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  - TOP_DISJOINT
```
public static final String TOP_DISJOINT
```
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  - TOP_EQUALS
```
public static final String TOP_EQUALS
```
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  - TOP_INTERSECTS
```
public static final String TOP_INTERSECTS
```
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  - TOP_OVERLAPS
```
public static final String TOP_OVERLAPS
```
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  - TOP_TOUCHES
```
public static final String TOP_TOUCHES
```
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  - TOP_WITHIN
```
public static final String TOP_WITHIN
```
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  - SET_JACCARD
```
public static final String SET_JACCARD
```
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  - SHORTEST_PATH
```
public static final String SHORTEST_PATH
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - LCH
```
public static final String LCH
```
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  - LI
```
public static final String LI
```
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    Constant Field Values
  - WUPALMER
```
public static final String WUPALMER
```
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    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - MeasureFactory
```
public MeasureFactory()
```
- Method Detail
  - getMeasureType
```
public static MeasureType getMeasureType(String expression)
```
    Factory function for retrieving a measure name from the set of allowed types.
    
    Parameters:
    
    expression - , The name/type of the measure.
    
    Returns:
    
    a specific measure type
  - createMeasure
```
public static AMeasure createMeasure(MeasureType type)
```
    Factory function for retrieving the desired measure instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - , Type of the measure
    
    Returns:
    
    a specific measure instance
  - createIndexer
```
public static AIndex createIndexer()
```

Class MeasureFactory

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

COSINE

EXACTMATCH

JACCARD

JARO

JAROWINKLER

LEVENSHTEIN

MONGEELKAN

OVERLAP

QGRAMS

RATCLIFF

SOUNDEX

DOUBLEMETA

KOELN

TRIGRAM

META

NYSIIS

CAVERPHONE1

CAVERPHONE2

REFINEDSOUNDEX

MATCHRATING

DAITCHMOKOTOFF

EUCLIDEAN

MANHATTAN

GEO_ORTHODROMIC

GEO_GREAT_ELLIPTIC

GEO_CENTROID_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF

GEO_FAST_HAUSDORFF

GEO_HAUSDORFF

GEO_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF

GEO_NAIVE_HAUSDORFF

GEO_SCAN_INDEXED_HAUSDORFF

GEO_SYMMETRIC_HAUSDORFF

GEO_MAX

GEO_MEAN

GEO_MIN

GEO_AVG

GEO_FRECHET

GEO_LINK

GEO_SUM_OF_MIN

GEO_SURJECTION

GEO_FAIR_SURJECTION

TMP_CONCURRENT

TMP_PREDECESSOR

TMP_SUCCESSOR

TMP_AFTER

TMP_BEFORE

TMP_DURING

TMP_DURING_REVERSE

TMP_EQUALS

TMP_FINISHES

TMP_IS_FINISHED_BY

TMP_IS_MET_BY

TMP_IS_OVERLAPPED_BY

TMP_IS_STARTED_BY

TMP_MEETS

TMP_OVERLAPS

TMP_STARTS

TOP_CONTAINS

TOP_COVERED_BY

TOP_COVERS

TOP_CROSSES

TOP_DISJOINT

TOP_EQUALS

TOP_INTERSECTS

TOP_OVERLAPS

TOP_TOUCHES

TOP_WITHIN

SET_JACCARD

SHORTEST_PATH

LCH

LI

WUPALMER

Constructor Detail

MeasureFactory