Java String Equal areEqualLexemes(String l1, String l2)

Description

Sometimes different API methods deliver different results, e.g.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
l1	a parameter
l2	a parameter

Declaration

private static boolean areEqualLexemes(String l1, String l2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright 2012/*w  w  w.  j av  a 2 s .  c om*/
 * Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab
 * Technische Universit?t Darmstadt
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    /**
     * Sometimes different API methods deliver different results, e.g. we can find a synset for a lexeme with underscores with one method, but not with the other.
     * Thus, equal lexemes should be tested a little bit more thoroughly.
     *
     * @param l1
     * @param l2
     * @return
     */
    private static boolean areEqualLexemes(String l1, String l2) {
        if (l1.equals(l2)) {
            return true;
        }

        // replace spaces with underscores.
        String l1_relaxed = l1.replaceAll(" ", "_");
        String l2_relaxed = l2.replaceAll(" ", "_");

        if (l1_relaxed.equals(l2_relaxed)) {
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
}

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