private Boolean attemptShortTitlesSimilarityInWebSpace()

in opennlp-similarity/src/main/java/opennlp/tools/apps/object_dedup/SimilarityAccessorBase.java [133:162]

• 25 lines of code
• 31 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

	private Boolean attemptShortTitlesSimilarityInWebSpace(String name1, String name2)
	{

		// first delimeter processing
		String name1v = name1.replace("'", "").replace("-", " ");
		String name2v = name2.replace("'", "").replace("-", " ");
		String name1vv = name1.replace("'", "");
		String name2vv = name2.replace("'", "");
		String name1vvv = name1.replace("-", " ");
		String name2vvv = name2.replace("-", " ");

		if (name1.startsWith(name2) || name1vv.startsWith(name2) || name1.startsWith(name2v)
			|| name1.startsWith(name2vv) || name1.startsWith(name2vvv) || name1v.startsWith(name2v)
			|| name1v.startsWith(name2vv) || name2.startsWith(name1) || name2vv.startsWith(name1)
			|| name2.startsWith(name1v) || name2vvv.startsWith(name1vv) || name2.startsWith(name1vvv)
			|| name2v.startsWith(name1v) || name2v.startsWith(name1vv) || name1.endsWith(name2)
			|| name1vv.endsWith(name2) || name1.endsWith(name2v) || name1.endsWith(name2vv) || name1.endsWith(name2vvv)
			|| name1v.endsWith(name2v) || name1v.endsWith(name2vv) || name2.endsWith(name1) || name2vv.endsWith(name1)
			|| name2.endsWith(name1v) || name1vvv.endsWith(name2vv) || name2.endsWith(name1vvv)
			|| name2v.endsWith(name1v) || name2v.endsWith(name1vv))
		{
			LOG.info("Found fuzzy substring of name1 and name2");
			return true;
		}
		if (name1.length() > 12 && name2.length() > 12)
			return false;

		return areNamesSemanticallyCloseInWebSearchSpace(name1, name2, 0.8f, false).isDecision();

	}