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Overview

The extent of text match algorithms in LexEVS has grown quite a lot over the decade the application has been in existence.   Many matching algorithms overlap in their functionality and dependencies.  We've created a review of each of these algorithms also with notes on their index dependencies and search focus with an eye towards simplifying and updating the search functionality. 

Current Text Matches

  • Lucene Query
  • phrase
  • contains
  • leading and trailing wild card
  • exact match
  • substring
  • spelling error tolerant substring match
  • stemmed lucene query
  • literal contains
  • starts with
  • non leading wild card literal substring
  • literal
  • Weighted double metaphone lucene query
  • literal substring
  • Double metaphone lucene query
  • Regular expression

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