NameUsageMatchingService (GBIF Common :: API 2.0.1 API)

```
public interface NameUsageMatchingService
```
A lookup service that fuzzy matches classified scientific names against a body of names. In GBIF this is in particular used for a Nub Lookup service that binds occurrence names and other external records with a scientific name to the nub.
Several match signatures for essentially the same matching are provided.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`NameUsageMatch`	`match(String scientificName, Rank rank, LinneanClassification classification, boolean strict, boolean verbose)`	Tries to match a scientific name with an optional classification given as individual parameters.

- Method Detail
  - match
```
NameUsageMatch match(String scientificName,
                     @Nullable
                     Rank rank,
                     @Nullable
                     LinneanClassification classification,
                     boolean strict,
                     boolean verbose)
```
    Tries to match a scientific name with an optional classification given as individual parameters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    scientificName - the name to match against
    
    rank - of the name to match
    
    classification - optional classification of the name to match
    
    strict - if true only tries to match the scientific name, if false (the default) the matching service tries also to match the lowest possible taxon from the given classification
    
    verbose - if true adds verbose matching information, i.e. list of alternative matches
    
    Returns:
    
    a match which is never null, but might have a usageKey=null if nothing could be matched