/**
* Encodes the Strings and returns the number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are
* the same. This return value ranges from 0 through 4: 0 indicates little or no similarity, and 4
* indicates strong similarity or identical values.
*
* @param s1 A String that will be encoded and compared.
* @param s2 A String that will be encoded and compared.
* @return The number of characters in the two encoded Strings that are the same from 0 to 4.
* @see <a
* href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_de-dz_8co5.asp">
* MS T-SQL DIFFERENCE </a>
* @throws EncoderException if an error occurs encoding one of the strings
* @since 1.3
*/
@DSGenerator(
tool_name = "Doppelganger",
tool_version = "2.0",
generated_on = "2014-09-03 14:59:48.711 -0400",
hash_original_method = "9372A1D570FF0E071E2A73F0471280C8",
hash_generated_method = "73E7D5E07B73B540EF5D01C579CF6548")
public int difference(String s1, String s2) throws EncoderException {
return SoundexUtils.difference(this, s1, s2);
}