How to use

calculateStringDistance

method

in

org.springframework.beans.PropertyMatches

/**
 * Generate possible property alternatives for the given property and
 * class. Internally uses the <code>getStringDistance</code> method, which
 * in turn uses the Levenshtein algorithm to determine the distance between
 * two Strings.
 * @param propertyDescriptors the JavaBeans property descriptors to search
 * @param maxDistance the maximum distance to accept
 */
private String[] calculateMatches(PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors, int maxDistance) {
  List<String> candidates = new ArrayList<String>();
  for (PropertyDescriptor pd : propertyDescriptors) {
    if (pd.getWriteMethod() != null) {
      String possibleAlternative = pd.getName();
      if (calculateStringDistance(this.propertyName, possibleAlternative) <= maxDistance) {
        candidates.add(possibleAlternative);
      }
    }
  }
  Collections.sort(candidates);
  return StringUtils.toStringArray(candidates);
}