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  package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.internal.ui.text.spelling.engine;
  
  /**
   * Interface of algorithms to compute the phonetic distance between two words.
   *
   * 
   */
  public interface IPhoneticDistanceAlgorithm {
  
  	/**
  	 * Returns the non-negative phonetic distance between two words
  	 *
  	 * @param from
  	 *                  The first word
  	 * @param to
  	 *                  The second word
  	 * @return The non-negative phonetic distance between the words.
  	 */
  	public int getDistance(String from, String to);
  }
  