A more functional structure.

92 files changed, 1150 insertions, 2873 deletions

diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/OptionMap.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/OptionMap.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 8f9da13..0000000
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/OptionMap.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.cli
-
-object OptionMap {
-	def apply(args: Array[String]): OptionMap = apply(args: _*)
-
-	def apply(varargs: String*): OptionMap = {
-		@annotation.tailrec
-		def next(om: OptionMap, a: List[String]): OptionMap = {
-			val double = """^(--[a-zA-Z0-9]+)(=[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]+)?""".r
-			val single = """^(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)(=[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]+)?""".r
-			val less = """([a-zA-Z0-9/\-_\$\.]+)""".r
-
-			a match {
-				// Empty, return.
-				case Nil => om
-				// Double dash options without value.
-				case double(k, null) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail.tail) -> ""), t)
-				// Double dash options with value.
-				case double(k, v) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail.tail) -> v.tail), t)
-				// Single dash options without value.
-				case single(k, null) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail) -> ""), t)
-				// Single dash options with value. Value is discarded.
-				case single(k, v) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail) -> ""), t)
-				// Dashless options.
-				case less(v) :: t if v.head != '-' =>
-					if (om.contains('dashless))
-						next((om - 'dashless) + ('dashless -> (om('dashless).self + " " + v.trim)), t)
-					else next(om + ('dashless -> v.trim), t)
-				// Invalid option, ignore.
-				case _ :: t => next(om, t)
-			}
-		}
-
-		next(Map.empty[Symbol, OptionString], varargs.toList)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/OptionString.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/OptionString.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 7a1350d..0000000
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/OptionString.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.cli
-
-import scala.language.implicitConversions
-
-class OptionString(val self: String)
-
-object OptionString {
-	implicit def OptionStringToArray(optionString: OptionString): Array[String] =
-		if (optionString.self.length == 0) Array.empty[String] else optionString.self.split(" ")
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToBigDecimal(optionString: OptionString): BigDecimal = BigDecimal(optionString.self)
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToBigInt(optionString: OptionString): BigInt = BigInt(optionString.self)
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToDouble(optionString: OptionString): Double = optionString.self.toDouble
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToFloat(optionString: OptionString): Float = optionString.self.toFloat
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToInt(optionString: OptionString): Int = optionString.self.toInt
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToLong(optionString: OptionString): Long = optionString.self.toLong
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToShort(optionString: OptionString): Short = optionString.self.toShort
-
-	implicit def OptionStringToString(optionString: OptionString): String = optionString.self
-
-	implicit def StringToOptionString(string: String): OptionString = apply(string)
-
-	def apply(string: String): OptionString = new OptionString(string)
-}
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/package.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/package.scala
index cbaba97..0b049bb 100755
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/package.scala
+++ b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/package.scala
@@ -1,13 +1,68 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
 
-import scala.language.implicitConversions
-
 /**
  * Provides core CLI functionality. Note that some things might look sloppy (e.g. access modifiers, broad imports,
  * repetitive imports, etc), but are required because of the way scalascript is ultimately compiled.
  */
 package object cli {
+	import scala.language.implicitConversions
+
+
+	implicit def optionStringToArray(os: OptionString): Array[String] =
+		if (os.get.length == 0) Array.empty[String] else os.get.split(" ")
+	implicit def optionStringToBigDecimal(os: OptionString): BigDecimal = BigDecimal(os.get)
+	implicit def optionStringToBigInt(os: OptionString): BigInt = BigInt(os.get)
+	implicit def optionStringToDouble(os: OptionString): Double = os.get.toDouble
+	implicit def optionStringToFloat(os: OptionString): Float = os.get.toFloat
+	implicit def optionStringToInt(os: OptionString): Int = os.get.toInt
+	implicit def optionStringToLong(os: OptionString): Long = os.get.toLong
+	implicit def optionStringToShort(os: OptionString): Short = os.get.toShort
+	implicit def optionStringToString(os: OptionString): String = os.get
+	implicit def stringToOptionString(s: String): OptionString = OptionString(s)
+	implicit def arrayOfStringToOptionMap(stringArray: Array[String]): OptionMap = OptionMap(stringArray)
+
+
+	class OptionString(val get: String)
+
+	object OptionString {
+		def apply(s: String): OptionString = new OptionString(s)
+	}
+
+
 	type OptionMap = Map[Symbol, OptionString]
 
-	implicit def StringArrayToOptionMap(stringArray: Array[String]): OptionMap = OptionMap(stringArray)
+	object OptionMap {
+		def apply(args: Array[String]): OptionMap = apply(args: _*)
+
+		def apply(varargs: String*): OptionMap = {
+			@annotation.tailrec
+			def next(om: OptionMap, a: List[String]): OptionMap = {
+				val double = """^(--[a-zA-Z0-9]+)(=[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]+)?""".r
+				val single = """^(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)(=[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]+)?""".r
+				val less = """([a-zA-Z0-9/\-_\$\.]+)""".r
+
+				a match {
+					// Empty, return.
+					case Nil => om
+					// Double dash options without value.
+					case double(k, null) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail.tail) -> ""), t)
+					// Double dash options with value.
+					case double(k, v) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail.tail) -> v.tail), t)
+					// Single dash options without value.
+					case single(k, null) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail) -> ""), t)
+					// Single dash options with value. Value is discarded.
+					case single(k, v) :: t => next(om + (Symbol(k.tail) -> ""), t)
+					// Dashless options.
+					case less(v) :: t if v.head != '-' =>
+						if (om.contains('dashless))
+							next((om - 'dashless) + ('dashless -> (om('dashless).get + " " + v.trim)), t)
+						else next(om + ('dashless -> v.trim), t)
+					// Invalid option, ignore.
+					case _ :: t => next(om, t)
+				}
+			}
+
+			next(Map.empty[Symbol, OptionString], varargs.toList)
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/dicesorensenmetric.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/dicesorensenmetric.scala
index 5d0e234..a166f4f 100755
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/dicesorensenmetric.scala
+++ b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/dicesorensenmetric.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ object dicesorensenmetric extends Command {
 		val strings: Array[String] = opts('dashless)
 		val n: Int = opts('n)
 
-		println(DiceSorensenMetric.compare(strings(0), strings(1))(n).getOrElse("not comparable"))
+		println(DiceSorensenMetric(n).compare(strings(0), strings(1)).getOrElse("not comparable"))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/jaccardmetric.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/jaccardmetric.scala
index 1f1e123..5dee606 100755
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/jaccardmetric.scala
+++ b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/jaccardmetric.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ object jaccardmetric extends Command {
 		val strings: Array[String] = opts('dashless)
 		val n: Int = opts('n)
 
-		println(JaccardMetric.compare(strings(0), strings(1))(n).getOrElse("not comparable"))
+		println(JaccardMetric(n).compare(strings(0), strings(1)).getOrElse("not comparable"))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/ngrammetric.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/ngrammetric.scala
index af0634f..1e54ec6 100755
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/ngrammetric.scala
+++ b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/ngrammetric.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ object ngrammetric extends Command {
 		val strings: Array[String] = options('dashless)
 		val n: Int = options('n)
 
-		println(NGramMetric.compare(strings(0), strings(1))(n).getOrElse("not comparable"))
+		println(NGramMetric(n).compare(strings(0), strings(1)).getOrElse("not comparable"))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/overlapmetric.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/overlapmetric.scala
index 2c670c5..81d3e04 100755
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/overlapmetric.scala
+++ b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/overlapmetric.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ object overlapmetric extends Command {
 		val strings: Array[String] = opts('dashless)
 		val n: Int = opts('n)
 
-		println(OverlapMetric.compare(strings(0), strings(1))(n).getOrElse("not comparable"))
+		println(OverlapMetric(n).compare(strings(0), strings(1)).getOrElse("not comparable"))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/weightedlevenshteinmetric.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/weightedlevenshteinmetric.scala
index d675db1..a9ad9b7 100755
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/weightedlevenshteinmetric.scala
+++ b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/similarity/weightedlevenshteinmetric.scala
@@ -51,12 +51,9 @@ object weightedlevenshteinmetric extends Command {
 
 	override def execute(opts: OptionMap): Unit = {
 		val strings: Array[String] = opts('dashless)
-		val weights = Tuple3[BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal](
-			opts('deleteWeight),
-			opts('insertWeight),
-			opts('substituteWeight)
-		)
 
-		println(WeightedLevenshteinMetric.compare(strings(0), strings(1))(weights).getOrElse("not comparable"))
+		println(WeightedLevenshteinMetric(
+			opts('deleteWeight), opts('insertWeight), opts('substituteWeight)
+		).compare(strings(0), strings(1)).getOrElse("not comparable"))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/tokenization/ngramtokenizer.scala b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/tokenization/ngramtokenizer.scala
index 99fdbe5..9139e3a 100755
--- a/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/tokenization/ngramtokenizer.scala
+++ b/cli/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/cli/tokenization/ngramtokenizer.scala
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ object ngramtokenizer extends Command {
 	}
 
 	override def execute(opts: OptionMap): Unit =
-		NGramTokenizer.tokenize(opts('dashless))(opts('n)) match {
+		NGramTokenizer(opts('n)).tokenize(opts('dashless)) match {
 			// Implicits are a pain here.
 			case Some(c) => {
 				val sb = new StringBuilder
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Algorithm.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Algorithm.scala
index 10bc2cd..bb823aa 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Algorithm.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Algorithm.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
 
-trait Algorithm[A, B, C] {
-	def compute(a: A)(implicit b: B): Option[C]
+object Algorithm {
+	trait AlgorithmLike[A] {
+		def compute(a: A): Option[A]
+	}
+
+
+	trait StringAlgorithmLike extends AlgorithmLike[Array[Char]] {
+		def compute(a: String): Option[String]
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Alphabet.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Alphabet.scala
index d2ede81..6d12dd4 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Alphabet.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Alphabet.scala
@@ -3,53 +3,40 @@ package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
 import scala.collection.immutable.Set
 
 object Alphabet {
-	protected sealed abstract class AlphabetSet {
-		protected[Alphabet] val Chars: Set[Char]
+	sealed abstract class AlphabetLike(protected[Alphabet] val chars: Set[Char]) {
+		def isSuperset(a: Char): Boolean = chars.contains(a)
 
-		def isSuperset(char: Char): Boolean = Chars.contains(char)
+		def isSuperset(a: Array[Char]): Boolean = a.length > 0 && a.takeWhile(chars.contains).length == a.length
 
-		def isSuperset(charArray: Array[Char]): Boolean =
-			charArray.length > 0 && charArray.takeWhile(Chars.contains(_)).length == charArray.length
-
-		def isSuperset(string: String): Boolean = isSuperset(string.toCharArray)
+		def isSuperset(a: String): Boolean = isSuperset(a.toCharArray)
 	}
 
-	case object LowercaseConsonant extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars =
-			Set('b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v', 'w', 'x' ,'z')
-	}
-	case object UppercaseConsonant extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars =
-			Set('B', 'C', 'D', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'V', 'W', 'X' ,'Z')
-	}
-	case object Consonant extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = LowercaseConsonant.Chars ++ UppercaseConsonant.Chars
-	}
-	case object LowercaseVowel extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = Set('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u')
-	}
-	case object UppercaseVowel extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = Set('A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U')
-	}
-	case object Vowel extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = LowercaseVowel.Chars ++ UppercaseVowel.Chars
-	}
-	case object LowercaseY extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = Set('y')
-	}
-	case object UppercaseY extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = Set('Y')
-	}
-	case object Y extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = LowercaseY.Chars ++ UppercaseY.Chars
-	}
-	case object LowercaseAlpha extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = LowercaseConsonant.Chars ++ LowercaseVowel.Chars ++ LowercaseY.Chars
-	}
-	case object UppercaseAlpha extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = UppercaseConsonant.Chars ++ UppercaseVowel.Chars ++ UppercaseY.Chars
-	}
-	case object Alpha extends AlphabetSet {
-		override protected[Alphabet] final val Chars = LowercaseAlpha.Chars ++ UppercaseAlpha.Chars
-	}
+
+	case object LowercaseConsonant extends AlphabetLike(
+		Set('b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'v', 'w', 'x' ,'z')
+	)
+
+	case object UppercaseConsonant extends AlphabetLike(
+		Set('B', 'C', 'D', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'V', 'W', 'X' ,'Z')
+	)
+
+	case object Consonant extends AlphabetLike(LowercaseConsonant.chars ++ UppercaseConsonant.chars)
+
+	case object LowercaseVowel extends AlphabetLike(Set('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'))
+
+	case object UppercaseVowel extends AlphabetLike(Set('A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U'))
+
+	case object Vowel extends AlphabetLike(LowercaseVowel.chars ++ UppercaseVowel.chars)
+
+	case object LowercaseY extends AlphabetLike(Set('y'))
+
+	case object UppercaseY extends AlphabetLike(Set('Y'))
+
+	case object Y extends AlphabetLike(LowercaseY.chars ++ UppercaseY.chars)
+
+	case object LowercaseAlpha extends AlphabetLike(LowercaseConsonant.chars ++ LowercaseVowel.chars ++ LowercaseY.chars)
+
+	case object UppercaseAlpha extends AlphabetLike(UppercaseConsonant.chars ++ UppercaseVowel.chars ++ UppercaseY.chars)
+
+	case object Alpha extends AlphabetLike(LowercaseAlpha.chars ++ UppercaseAlpha.chars)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Filter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Filter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 2a02f6b..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Filter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-trait Filter[A] extends Filterable[A] {
-	override def filter(a: A): A = a
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Filterable.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Filterable.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 77dc0bf..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Filterable.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-trait Filterable[A] {
-	def filter(a: A): A
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Metric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Metric.scala
index 6862321..3bbed88 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Metric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Metric.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
 
-trait Metric[A, B, C] {
-	def compare(a1: A, a2: A)(implicit b: B): Option[C]
+object Metric {
+	trait MetricLike[A, B] {
+		def compare(a1: A, a2: A): Option[B]
+	}
+
+
+	trait StringMetricLike[A] extends MetricLike[Array[Char], A] {
+		def compare(string1: String, string2: String): Option[A]
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringAlgorithm.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringAlgorithm.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 0d194da..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringAlgorithm.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-trait StringAlgorithm[A, B] extends Algorithm[String, A, B] {
-	def compute(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit a: A): Option[Array[Char]]
-}
-
-object StringAlgorithm {
-	type Metaphone = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.MetaphoneAlgorithm
-	val Metaphone = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.MetaphoneAlgorithm
-
-	type Nysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.NysiisAlgorithm
-	val Nysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.NysiisAlgorithm
-
-	type RefinedNysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedNysiisAlgorithm
-	val RefinedNysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedNysiisAlgorithm
-
-	type RefinedSoundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedSoundexAlgorithm
-	val RefinedSoundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedSoundexAlgorithm
-
-	type Soundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.SoundexAlgorithm
-	val Soundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.SoundexAlgorithm
-
-	def computeWithMetaphone(charArray: Array[Char]) = Metaphone.compute(charArray)
-
-	def computeWithMetaphone(string: String) = Metaphone.compute(string)
-
-	def computeWithNysiis(charArray: Array[Char]) = Nysiis.compute(charArray)
-
-	def computeWithNysiis(string: String) = Nysiis.compute(string)
-
-	def computeWithRefinedNysiis(charArray: Array[Char]) = RefinedNysiis.compute(charArray)
-
-	def computeWithRefinedNysiis(string: String) = RefinedNysiis.compute(string)
-
-	def computeWithRefinedSoundex(charArray: Array[Char]) = RefinedSoundex.compute(charArray)
-
-	def computeWithRefinedSoundex(string: String) = RefinedSoundex.compute(string)
-
-	def computeWithSoundex(charArray: Array[Char]) = Soundex.compute(charArray)
-
-	def computeWithSoundex(string: String) = Soundex.compute(string)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 1430d34..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.StringFilterDelegate
-
-trait StringFilter extends Filter[String] with StringFilterable {
-	override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = charArray
-}
-
-object StringFilter {
-	type AsciiControl = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiControlFilter
-	lazy val asciiControl = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiControl
-
-	type AsciiControlOnly = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiControlOnlyFilter
-	lazy val asciiControlOnly = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiControlOnly
-
-	type AsciiLetterNumber = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiLetterNumberFilter
-	lazy val asciiLetterNumber = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetterNumber
-
-	type AsciiLetterNumberOnly = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilter
-	lazy val asciiLetterNumberOnly = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetterNumberOnly
-
-	type AsciiLetter = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiLetterFilter
-	lazy val asciiLetter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetter
-
-	type AsciiLetterOnly = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiLetterOnlyFilter
-	lazy val asciiLetterOnly = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetterOnly
-
-	type AsciiNumber = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiNumberFilter
-	lazy val asciiNumber = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiNumber
-
-	type AsciiNumberOnly = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiNumberOnlyFilter
-	lazy val asciiNumberOnly = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiNumberOnly
-
-	type AsciiSpace = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiSpaceFilter
-	lazy val asciiSpace = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiSpace
-
-	type AsciiSymbol = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiSymbolFilter
-	lazy val asciiSymbol = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiSymbol
-
-	type AsciiSymbolOnly = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiSymbolOnlyFilter
-	lazy val asciiSymbolOnly = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiSymbolOnly
-
-	type IgnoreAsciiLetterCase = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilter
-	lazy val ignoreAsciiLetterCase = new StringFilterDelegate with IgnoreAsciiLetterCase
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringFilterable.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringFilterable.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index d639dfb..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringFilterable.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-trait StringFilterable extends Filterable[String] {
-	def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char]
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringMetric.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 212f76d..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringMetric.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-trait StringMetric[A, B] extends Metric[String, A, B] {
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(implicit a: A): Option[B]
-}
-
-object StringMetric {
-	type DiceSorensen = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.DiceSorensenMetric
-	val DiceSorensen = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.DiceSorensenMetric
-
-	type Hamming = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.HammingMetric
-	val Hamming = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.HammingMetric
-
-	type Jaccard = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.JaccardMetric
-	val Jaccard = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.JaccardMetric
-
-	type Jaro = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.JaroMetric
-	val Jaro = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.JaroMetric
-
-	type JaroWinkler = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.JaroWinklerMetric
-	val JaroWinkler = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.JaroWinklerMetric
-
-	type Levenshtein = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.LevenshteinMetric
-	val Levenshtein = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.LevenshteinMetric
-
-	type Metaphone = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.MetaphoneMetric
-	val Metaphone = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.MetaphoneMetric
-
-	type NGram = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.NGramMetric
-	val NGram = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.NGramMetric
-
-	type Nysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.NysiisMetric
-	val Nysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.NysiisMetric
-
-	type Overlap = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.OverlapMetric
-	val Overlap = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.OverlapMetric
-
-	type RefinedNysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedNysiisMetric
-	val RefinedNysiis = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedNysiisMetric
-
-	type RefinedSoundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedSoundexMetric
-	val RefinedSoundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.RefinedSoundexMetric
-
-	type Soundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.SoundexMetric
-	val Soundex = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.SoundexMetric
-
-	type WeightedLevenshtein = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.WeightedLevenshteinMetric
-	val WeightedLevenshtein = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.WeightedLevenshteinMetric
-
-	def compareWithDiceSorensen(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) =
-		DiceSorensen.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithDiceSorensen(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = DiceSorensen.compare(string1, string2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithHamming(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = Hamming.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithHamming(string1: String, string2: String)= Hamming.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithJaccard(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) =
-		Jaccard.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithJaccard(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = Jaccard.compare(string1, string2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithJaro(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = Jaro.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithJaro(string1: String, string2: String) = Jaro.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithJaroWinkler(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) =
-		JaroWinkler.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithJaroWinkler(string1: String, string2: String) = JaroWinkler.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithLevenshtein(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) =
-		Levenshtein.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithLevenshtein(string1: String, string2: String) = Levenshtein.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithMetaphone(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) =
-		Metaphone.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithMetaphone(string1: String, string2: String) = Metaphone.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithNGram(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) =
-		NGram.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithNGram(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = NGram.compare(string1, string2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithNysiis(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = Nysiis.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithNysiis(string1: String, string2: String) = Nysiis.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithOverlap(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) =
-		Overlap.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithOverlap(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = Overlap.compare(string1, string2)(n)
-
-	def compareWithRefinedNysiis(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) =
-		RefinedNysiis.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithRefinedNysiis(string1: String, string2: String) = RefinedNysiis.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithRefinedSoundex(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) =
-		RefinedSoundex.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithRefinedSoundex(string1: String, string2: String) = RefinedSoundex.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithSoundex(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = Soundex.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compareWithSoundex(string1: String, string2: String) = Soundex.compare(string1, string2)
-
-	def compareWithWeightedLevenshtein(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(options: (BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal)) =
-
-		WeightedLevenshtein.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(options)
-
-	def compareWithWeightedLevenshtein(string1: String, string2: String)
-		(options: (BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal)) =
-
-		WeightedLevenshtein.compare(string1, string2)(options)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringTokenizer.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringTokenizer.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index bef56d9..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringTokenizer.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-trait StringTokenizer[A, B] extends Tokenizer[String, A, B] {
-	def tokenize(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit a: A): Option[Array[Array[Char]]]
-}
-
-object StringTokenizer {
-	type NGram = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
-	val NGram = com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
-
-	def tokenizeWithNGram(charArray: Array[Char])(n: Int) = NGram.tokenize(charArray)(n)
-
-	def tokenizeWithNGram(string: String)(n: Int) = NGram.tokenize(string)(n)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Tokenizer.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Tokenizer.scala
index c9edae5..aae9742 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Tokenizer.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/Tokenizer.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
 
-trait Tokenizer[A, B, C] {
-	def tokenize(a: A)(implicit b: B): Option[C]
+object Tokenizer {
+	trait TokenizerLike[A] {
+		def tokenize(a: A): Option[Array[A]]
+	}
+
+
+	trait StringTokenizerLike extends TokenizerLike[Array[Char]] {
+		def tokenize(a: String): Option[Array[String]]
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index bd45ecf..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures ASCII controls do not matter. */
-trait AsciiControlFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(charArray.filter(c => !(c <= 31 || c == 127)))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlOnlyFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlOnlyFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index c08b686..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlOnlyFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures only ASCII control characters matter. */
-trait AsciiControlOnlyFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(charArray.filter(c => (c <= 31 || c == 127)))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 24509cb..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures ASCII letters do not matter. */
-trait AsciiLetterFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(charArray.filter(c => !((c >= 65 && c <= 90 ) || (c >= 97 && c <= 122))))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index e17c715..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures ASCII letters and numbers do not matter. */
-trait AsciiLetterNumberFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(
-			charArray.filter(c =>
-				!((c >= 48 && c <= 57 ) || (c >= 65 && c <= 90 ) || (c >= 97 && c <= 122))
-			)
-		)
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 7cf97ba..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures only ASCII letters and numbers matter. */
-trait AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(
-			charArray.filter(c =>
-				((c >= 48 && c <= 57 ) || (c >= 65 && c <= 90 ) || (c >= 97 && c <= 122))
-			)
-		)
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterOnlyFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterOnlyFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 70032d9..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterOnlyFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures only ASCII letters matter. */
-trait AsciiLetterOnlyFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(charArray.filter(c => ((c >= 65 && c <= 90 ) || (c >= 97 && c <= 122))))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 42fe77e..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures ASCII numbers do not matter. */
-trait AsciiNumberFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(charArray.filter(c => !(c >= 48 && c <= 57)))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberOnlyFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberOnlyFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 3f17099..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberOnlyFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures only ASCII numbers matter. */
-trait AsciiNumberOnlyFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(charArray.filter(c => (c >= 48 && c <= 57 )))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSpaceFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSpaceFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 538107d..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSpaceFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures ASCII spaces do not matter. */
-trait AsciiSpaceFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = super.filter(charArray.filter(_ != ' '))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 7b0c810..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures ASCII symbols do not matter. */
-trait AsciiSymbolFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(
-			charArray.filter(c =>
-				!((c >= 32 && c <= 47) || (c >= 58 && c <= 64) || (c >= 91 && c <= 96) || (c >= 123 && c <= 126))
-			)
-		)
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolOnlyFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolOnlyFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 5cb5e94..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolOnlyFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures only ASCII symbols matter. */
-trait AsciiSymbolOnlyFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(
-			charArray.filter(c =>
-				((c >= 32 && c <= 47) || (c >= 58 && c <= 64) || (c >= 91 && c <= 96) || (c >= 123 && c <= 126))
-			)
-		)
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilter.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilter.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 54fe66f..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilter.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-/** Ensures ASCII letter case-sensitivity does not matter. */
-trait IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilter extends StringFilter {
-	abstract override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
-		super.filter(charArray.map(c => if (c >= 65 && c <= 90) (c + 32).toChar else c))
-
-	abstract override def filter(string: String): String = filter(string.toCharArray).mkString
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/StringFilterDelegate.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/StringFilterDelegate.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 8ece42d..0000000
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/StringFilterDelegate.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.StringFilter
-
-class StringFilterDelegate extends StringFilter {
-	override def filter(charArray: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = charArray
-
-	override def filter(string: String): String = string
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithm.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithm.scala
index 655a3a5..126f170 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithm.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithm.scala
@@ -1,31 +1,27 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringAlgorithm, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.{Alpha, LowercaseVowel}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Algorithm.StringAlgorithmLike
 
-/** An implementation of the Metaphone algorithm. */
-class MetaphoneAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compute(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Array[Char]] = {
-		val fca = filter(charArray)
+case object MetaphoneAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithmLike {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.{Alpha, LowercaseVowel}
 
-		if (fca.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca.head)) None
+	override def compute(a: Array[Char]): Option[Array[Char]] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head)) None
 		else {
-			val th = deduplicate(transcodeHead(fca.map(_.toLower)))
+			val th = deduplicate(transcodeHead(a.map(_.toLower)))
 			val t = transcode(Array.empty[Char], th.head, th.tail, Array.empty[Char])
 
 			if (t.length == 0) None else Some(t) // Single Y or W would have 0 length.
 		}
-	}
 
-	final override def compute(string: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[String] =
-		compute(string.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
+	override def compute(a: String): Option[String] = compute(a.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
 
-	private[this] def deduplicate(ca: Array[Char]) =
+	private def deduplicate(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length <= 1) ca
 		else ca.sliding(2).withFilter(a => a(0) == 'c' || a(0) != a(1)).map(a => a(0)).toArray[Char] :+ ca.last
 
 	@annotation.tailrec
-	private[this] def transcode(l: Array[Char], c: Char, r: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
+	private def transcode(l: Array[Char], c: Char, r: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
 		if (c == '\0' && r.length == 0) o
 		else {
 			def shift(d: Int, ca: Array[Char]) = {
@@ -93,7 +89,7 @@ class MetaphoneAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this:
 		}
 	}
 
-	private[this] def transcodeHead(ca: Array[Char]) = {
+	private def transcodeHead(ca: Array[Char]) = {
 		(ca.length: @annotation.switch) match {
 			case 0 => ca
 			case 1 => if (ca.head == 'x') Array('s') else ca
@@ -109,13 +105,3 @@ class MetaphoneAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this:
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-object MetaphoneAlgorithm {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): MetaphoneAlgorithm = new MetaphoneAlgorithm with StringFilter
-
-	def compute(charArray: Array[Char]) = self.compute(charArray)
-
-	def compute(string: String) = self.compute(string)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetric.scala
index 2975ad3..083016c 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetric.scala
@@ -1,32 +1,15 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringMetric}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the Metaphone metric. */
-class MetaphoneMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] = {
+case object MetaphoneMetric extends StringMetricLike[Boolean] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca1.head) || fca2.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca2.head)) None
-		else MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute(fca1).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(mp1 =>
-			MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute(fca2).filter(_.length > 0).map(mp1.sameElements(_))
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Boolean] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head) || b.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset b.head)) None
+		else MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute(a).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(mp1 =>
+			MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute(b).filter(_.length > 0).map(mp1.sameElements(_))
 		)
-	}
-
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
-}
-
-object MetaphoneMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): MetaphoneMetric = new MetaphoneMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
 
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Boolean] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithm.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithm.scala
index cf16bbc..43c2bc2 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithm.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithm.scala
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringAlgorithm, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.{Alpha, LowercaseVowel}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Algorithm.StringAlgorithmLike
 
-/** An implementation of the NYSIIS algorithm. */
-class NysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compute(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Array[Char]] = {
-		val fca = filter(charArray)
+case object NysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithmLike {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.{Alpha, LowercaseVowel}
 
-		if (fca.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca.head)) None
+	override def compute(a: Array[Char]): Option[Array[Char]] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head)) None
 		else {
-			val tr = transcodeRight(fca.map(_.toLower))
+			val tr = transcodeRight(a.map(_.toLower))
 			val tl = transcodeLeft(tr._1)
 			val t =
 				if (tl._2.length == 0) tl._1 ++ tr._2
@@ -24,26 +22,24 @@ class NysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: Str
 			if (t.length == 1) Some(t)
 			else Some(t.head +: deduplicate(cleanTerminal(cleanLast(t.tail))))
 		}
-	}
 
-	final override def compute(string: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[String] =
-		compute(string.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
+	override def compute(a: String): Option[String] = compute(a.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
 
-	private[this] def cleanLast(ca: Array[Char]) =
+	private def cleanLast(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length == 0) ca
 		else if(ca.last == 'a' || ca.last == 's') ca.dropRight(ca.reverseIterator.takeWhile(c => c == 'a' || c == 's').length)
 		else ca
 
-	private[this] def cleanTerminal(ca: Array[Char]) =
+	private def cleanTerminal(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length >= 2 && ca.last == 'y' && ca(ca.length - 2) == 'a') ca.dropRight(2) :+ 'y'
 		else ca
 
-	private[this] def deduplicate(ca: Array[Char]) =
+	private def deduplicate(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length <= 1) ca
 		else ca.sliding(2).withFilter(a => a(0) != a(1)).map(a => a(0)).toArray[Char] :+ ca.last
 
 	@annotation.tailrec
-	private[this] def transcodeCenter(l: Array[Char], c: Char, r: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
+	private def transcodeCenter(l: Array[Char], c: Char, r: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
 		if (c == '\0' && r.length == 0) o
 		else {
 			def shift(d: Int, ca: Array[Char]) = {
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ class NysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: Str
 		}
 	}
 
-	private[this] def transcodeLeft(ca: Array[Char]) = {
+	private def transcodeLeft(ca: Array[Char]) = {
 		if (ca.length == 0) (Array.empty[Char], ca)
 		else {
 			lazy val tr2 = ca.takeRight(ca.length - 2)
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ class NysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: Str
 		}
 	}
 
-	private[this] def transcodeRight(ca: Array[Char]) = {
+	private def transcodeRight(ca: Array[Char]) = {
 		if (ca.length >= 2) {
 			val lc = ca(ca.length - 1)
 			val lcm1 = ca(ca.length - 2)
@@ -118,13 +114,3 @@ class NysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: Str
 		} else (ca, Array.empty[Char])
 	}
 }
-
-object NysiisAlgorithm {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): NysiisAlgorithm = new NysiisAlgorithm with StringFilter
-
-	def compute(charArray: Array[Char]) = self.compute(charArray)
-
-	def compute(string: String) = self.compute(string)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetric.scala
index 6d1c22c..6316981 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetric.scala
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringMetric}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the NYSIIS metric. */
-class NysiisMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] = {
+case object NysiisMetric extends StringMetricLike[Boolean] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
 
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Boolean] = {
 		val unequal = (c1: Char, c2: Char) => {
 			val lc1 = c1.toLower
 			val lc2 = c2.toLower
@@ -15,26 +13,12 @@ class NysiisMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: StringFi
 			(if (lc1 == 'k') 'c' else lc1) != (if (lc2 == 'k') 'c' else lc2)
 		}
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca1.head) || fca2.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca2.head)) None
-		else if (unequal(fca1.head, fca2.head)) Some(false)
-		else NysiisAlgorithm.compute(fca1).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(ny1 =>
-			NysiisAlgorithm.compute(fca2).filter(_.length > 0).map(ny1.sameElements(_))
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head) || b.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset b.head)) None
+		else if (unequal(a.head, b.head)) Some(false)
+		else NysiisAlgorithm.compute(a).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(ny1 =>
+			NysiisAlgorithm.compute(b).filter(_.length > 0).map(ny1.sameElements(_))
 		)
 	}
 
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
-}
-
-object NysiisMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): NysiisMetric = new NysiisMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Boolean] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.scala
index 196681c..72bd84e 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.scala
@@ -1,42 +1,38 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringAlgorithm, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.{Alpha, LowercaseVowel}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Algorithm.StringAlgorithmLike
 
-/** An implementation of the refined NYSIIS algorithm. */
-class RefinedNysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compute(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Array[Char]] = {
-		val fca = filter(charArray)
+case object RefinedNysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithmLike {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.{Alpha, LowercaseVowel}
 
-		if (fca.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca.head)) None
+	override def compute(a: Array[Char]): Option[Array[Char]] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head)) None
 		else {
-			val lfca = fca.map(_.toLower)
-			val tlh = transcodeLast(transcodeHead(lfca.head +: cleanLast(lfca.tail, Set('s', 'z'))))
+			val lca = a.map(_.toLower)
+			val tlh = transcodeLast(transcodeHead(lca.head +: cleanLast(lca.tail, Set('s', 'z'))))
 			val t = transcode(Array.empty[Char], tlh.head, tlh.tail, Array.empty[Char])
 
 			if (t.length == 1) Some(t)
 			else Some(deduplicate(t.head +: cleanTerminal(cleanLast(t.tail, Set('a')))))
 		}
-	}
 
-	final override def compute(string: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[String] =
-		compute(string.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
+	override def compute(string: String): Option[String] = compute(string.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
 
-	private[this] def cleanLast(ca: Array[Char], s: Set[Char]) =
+	private def cleanLast(ca: Array[Char], s: Set[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length == 0) ca
 		else if(s.contains(ca.last)) ca.dropRight(ca.reverseIterator.takeWhile(c => s.contains(c)).length)
 		else ca
 
-	private[this] def cleanTerminal(ca: Array[Char]) =
+	private def cleanTerminal(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length >= 2 && ca.last == 'y' && ca(ca.length - 2) == 'a') ca.dropRight(2) :+ 'y'
 		else ca
 
-	private[this] def deduplicate(ca: Array[Char]) =
+	private def deduplicate(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length <= 1) ca
 		else ca.sliding(2).withFilter(a => a(0) != a(1)).map(a => a(0)).toArray[Char] :+ ca.last
 
 	@annotation.tailrec
-	private[this] def transcode(l: Array[Char], c: Char, r: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
+	private def transcode(l: Array[Char], c: Char, r: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
 		if (c == '\0' && r.length == 0) o
 		else {
 			def shift(d: Int, ca: Array[Char]) = {
@@ -95,7 +91,7 @@ class RefinedNysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { th
 		}
 	}
 
-	private[this] def transcodeHead(ca: Array[Char]) = {
+	private def transcodeHead(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length == 0) ca
 		else
 			(ca.head: @annotation.switch) match {
@@ -103,9 +99,8 @@ class RefinedNysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { th
 				case 'p' if (ca.length >= 2 && ca(1) == 'f') => 'f' +: ca.takeRight(ca.length - 2)
 				case _ => ca
 			}
-	}
 
-	private[this] def transcodeLast(ca: Array[Char]) = {
+	private def transcodeLast(ca: Array[Char]) =
 		if (ca.length >= 2) {
 			val lc = ca(ca.length - 1)
 			val lcm1 = ca(ca.length - 2)
@@ -120,15 +115,4 @@ class RefinedNysiisAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { th
 				case _ => ca
 			}
 		} else ca
-	}
-}
-
-object RefinedNysiisAlgorithm {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): RefinedNysiisAlgorithm = new RefinedNysiisAlgorithm with StringFilter
-
-	def compute(charArray: Array[Char]) = self.compute(charArray)
-
-	def compute(string: String) = self.compute(string)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetric.scala
index c96cc52..73795a0 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetric.scala
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringMetric}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the refined NYSIIS metric. */
-class RefinedNysiisMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] = {
+case object RefinedNysiisMetric extends StringMetricLike[Boolean] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
 
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Boolean] = {
 		val unequal = (c1: Char, c2: Char) => {
 			val lc1 = c1.toLower
 			val lc2 = c2.toLower
@@ -15,26 +13,12 @@ class RefinedNysiisMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: S
 			(if (lc1 == 'k') 'c' else lc1) != (if (lc2 == 'k') 'c' else lc2)
 		}
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca1.head) || fca2.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca2.head)) None
-		else if (unequal(fca1.head, fca2.head)) Some(false)
-		else RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute(fca1).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(rny1 =>
-			RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute(fca2).filter(_.length > 0).map(rny1.sameElements(_))
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head) || b.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset b.head)) None
+		else if (unequal(a.head, b.head)) Some(false)
+		else RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute(a).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(rny1 =>
+			RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute(b).filter(_.length > 0).map(rny1.sameElements(_))
 		)
 	}
 
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
-}
-
-object RefinedNysiisMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): RefinedNysiisMetric = new RefinedNysiisMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Boolean] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.scala
index c1b0a6e..9f7fce9 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.scala
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringAlgorithm, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Algorithm.StringAlgorithmLike
 
-/** An implementation of the refined Soundex algorithm. */
-class RefinedSoundexAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compute(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Array[Char]] = {
-		val fca = filter(charArray)
+case object RefinedSoundexAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithmLike {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
 
-		if (fca.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca.head)) None
-		else Some(transcode(fca, Array(fca.head.toLower)))
-	}
+	override def compute(a: Array[Char]): Option[Array[Char]] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head)) None
+		else Some(transcode(a, Array(a.head.toLower)))
 
-	final override def compute(string: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[String] =
-		compute(string.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
+	override def compute(a: String): Option[String] = compute(a.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
 
 	@annotation.tailrec
-	private[this] def transcode(i: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
+	private def transcode(i: Array[Char], o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
 		if (i.length == 0) o
 		else {
 			val c = i.head.toLower
@@ -60,15 +56,4 @@ class RefinedSoundexAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { t
 
 			transcode(i.tail, if (a != '\0') o :+ a else o)
 		}
-	}
-}
-
-object RefinedSoundexAlgorithm {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): RefinedSoundexAlgorithm = new RefinedSoundexAlgorithm with StringFilter
-
-	def compute(charArray: Array[Char]) = self.compute(charArray)
-
-	def compute(string: String) = self.compute(string)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetric.scala
index eb2f01e..5ad0e30 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetric.scala
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringMetric}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the refined Soundex metric. */
-class RefinedSoundexMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] = {
+case object RefinedSoundexMetric extends StringMetricLike[Boolean] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca1.head) || fca2.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca2.head)) None
-		else if (fca1.head.toLower != fca2.head.toLower) Some(false)
-		else RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute(fca1).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(rse1 =>
-			RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute(fca2).filter(_.length > 0).map(rse1.sameElements(_))
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Boolean] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head) || b.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset b.head)) None
+		else if (a.head.toLower != b.head.toLower) Some(false)
+		else RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute(a).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(rse1 =>
+			RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute(b).filter(_.length > 0).map(rse1.sameElements(_))
 		)
-	}
-
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
-}
-
-object RefinedSoundexMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): RefinedSoundexMetric = new RefinedSoundexMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
 
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Boolean] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithm.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithm.scala
index 2f2bf99..d615144 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithm.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithm.scala
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringAlgorithm, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Algorithm.StringAlgorithmLike
 
-/** An implementation of the Soundex algorithm. */
-class SoundexAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compute(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Array[Char]] = {
-		val fca = filter(charArray)
+case object SoundexAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithmLike {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
 
-		if (fca.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca.head)) None
+	override def compute(a: Array[Char]): Option[Array[Char]] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head)) None
 		else {
-			val fc = fca.head.toLower
+			val fc = a.head.toLower
 
-			Some(transcode(fca.tail, fc, Array(fc)).padTo(4, '0'))
+			Some(transcode(a.tail, fc, Array(fc)).padTo(4, '0'))
 		}
-	}
 
-	final override def compute(string: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[String] =
-		compute(string.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
+	override def compute(string: String): Option[String] = compute(string.toCharArray).map(_.mkString)
 
 	@annotation.tailrec
-	private[this] def transcode(i: Array[Char], pc: Char, o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] = {
+	private def transcode(i: Array[Char], pc: Char, o: Array[Char]): Array[Char] =
 		if (i.length == 0) o
 		else {
 			val c = i.head.toLower
@@ -58,15 +54,4 @@ class SoundexAlgorithm extends StringAlgorithm[DummyImplicit, String] { this: St
 			if (o.length == 3 && a != '\0') o :+ a
 			else transcode(i.tail, c, if (a != '\0') o :+ a else o)
 		}
-	}
-}
-
-object SoundexAlgorithm {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): SoundexAlgorithm = new SoundexAlgorithm with StringFilter
-
-	def compute(charArray: Array[Char]) = self.compute(charArray)
-
-	def compute(string: String) = self.compute(string)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetric.scala
index e4daa17..7e0bf5c 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetric.scala
@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringMetric}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the Soundex metric. */
-class SoundexMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Boolean] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] = {
+case object SoundexMetric extends StringMetricLike[Boolean] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Alphabet.Alpha
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca1.head) || fca2.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset fca2.head)) None
-		else if (fca1.head.toLower != fca2.head.toLower) Some(false)
-		else SoundexAlgorithm.compute(fca1).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(se1 =>
-			SoundexAlgorithm.compute(fca2).filter(_.length > 0).map(se1.sameElements(_))
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Boolean] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset a.head) || b.length == 0 || !(Alpha isSuperset b.head)) None
+		else if (a.head.toLower != b.head.toLower) Some(false)
+		else SoundexAlgorithm.compute(a).filter(_.length > 0).flatMap(se1 =>
+			SoundexAlgorithm.compute(b).filter(_.length > 0).map(se1.sameElements(_))
 		)
-	}
-
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Boolean] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
-}
-
-object SoundexMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): SoundexMetric = new SoundexMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
 
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+	final override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Boolean] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetric.scala
index 5e01bb1..8381921 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetric.scala
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringMetric, MatchTuple, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
 /**
  * An implementation of the Dice/Sorensen metric. This implementation differs in that n-gram size is required.
  * Traditionally, the algorithm uses bigrams.
  */
-class DiceSorensenMetric extends StringMetric[Int, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] = {
-		if (n <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected valid n.")
+final case class DiceSorensenMetric(private val n: Int) extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.MatchTuple
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] = {
+		if (n <= 0) return None
 
-		if (fca1.length < n || fca2.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(1d)
-		else NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca1)(n).flatMap { ca1bg =>
-			NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca2)(n).map { ca2bg =>
+		if (a.length < n || b.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(1d)
+		else NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(a).flatMap { ca1bg =>
+			NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(b).map { ca2bg =>
 				val ms = scoreMatches(ca1bg.map(_.mkString), ca2bg.map(_.mkString))
 
 				(2d * ms) / (ca1bg.length + ca2bg.length)
@@ -25,18 +24,7 @@ class DiceSorensenMetric extends StringMetric[Int, Double] { this: StringFilter
 		}
 	}
 
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)(n: Int)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
 	private[this] def scoreMatches(mt: MatchTuple[String]) = mt._1.intersect(mt._2).length
 }
-
-object DiceSorensenMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): DiceSorensenMetric = new DiceSorensenMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = self.compare(string1, string2)(n)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetric.scala
index 95ff203..09b62bc 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetric.scala
@@ -1,37 +1,18 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{CompareTuple, StringFilter, StringMetric}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the Hamming metric. */
-class HammingMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Int] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Int] = {
+case object HammingMetric extends StringMetricLike[Int] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.CompareTuple
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Int] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || b.length == 0 || a.length != b.length) None
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(0)
+		else Some(hamming(a, b))
 
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || fca2.length == 0 || fca1.length != fca2.length) None
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(0)
-		else Some(hamming(fca1, fca2))
-	}
-
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Int] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
-
-	private[this] def hamming(ct: CompareTuple[Char]) = {
-		require(ct._1.length == ct._2.length)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Int] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
+	private def hamming(ct: CompareTuple[Char]) =
 		if (ct._1.length == 0) 0
 		else ct._1.zip(ct._2).count(t => t._1 != t._2)
-	}
-}
-
-object HammingMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): HammingMetric = new HammingMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetric.scala
index e32c926..e1fd4ed 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetric.scala
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringMetric, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/* An implementation of the Jaccard metric. */
-class JaccardMetric extends StringMetric[Int, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] = {
-		if (n <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected valid n.")
+final case class JaccardMetric(private val n: Int) extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] = {
+		if (n <= 0) return None
 
-		if (fca1.length < n || fca2.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(1d)
-		else NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca1)(n).flatMap { ca1bg =>
-			NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca2)(n).map { ca2bg =>
+		if (a.length < n || b.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(1d)
+		else NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(a).flatMap { ca1bg =>
+			NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(b).map { ca2bg =>
 				val i = (ca1bg.map(_.mkString) intersect ca2bg.map(_.mkString)).length
 
 				i.toDouble / (ca1bg.length + ca2bg.length - i)
@@ -22,16 +19,5 @@ class JaccardMetric extends StringMetric[Int, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
 		}
 	}
 
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)(n: Int)
-}
-
-object JaccardMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): JaccardMetric = new JaccardMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = self.compare(string1, string2)(n)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetric.scala
index b7ce2c5..b9d1434 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetric.scala
@@ -1,38 +1,33 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{CompareTuple, MatchTuple, StringFilter, StringMetric}
-import scala.collection.mutable.{ArrayBuffer, HashSet}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
 /**
  * An implementation of the Jaro metric. One differing detail in this implementation is that if a character is matched
  * in string2, it cannot be matched upon again. This results in a more penalized distance in these scenarios.
  */
-class JaroMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Double] = {
+case object JaroMetric extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{CompareTuple, MatchTuple}
+	import scala.collection.mutable.{ArrayBuffer, HashSet}
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || fca2.length == 0) None
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(1d)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || b.length == 0) None
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(1d)
 		else {
-			val mt = `match`(fca1, fca2)
+			val mt = `match`(a, b)
 			val ms = scoreMatches(mt._1, mt._2)
 
 			if (ms == 0) Some(0d)
 			else {
 				val ts = scoreTranspositions(mt._1, mt._2)
 
-				Some(((ms.toDouble / fca1.length) + (ms.toDouble / fca2.length) + ((ms.toDouble - ts) / ms)) / 3)
+				Some(((ms.toDouble / a.length) + (ms.toDouble / b.length) + ((ms.toDouble - ts) / ms)) / 3)
 			}
 		}
-	}
 
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Double] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
-	private[this] def `match`(ct: CompareTuple[Char]): MatchTuple[Char] = {
+	private def `match`(ct: CompareTuple[Char]): MatchTuple[Char] = {
 		lazy val window = math.abs((math.max(ct._1.length, ct._2.length) / 2d).floor.toInt - 1)
 		val one = ArrayBuffer.empty[Int]
 		val two = HashSet.empty[Int]
@@ -63,25 +58,7 @@ class JaroMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Double] { this: StringFilte
 		(one.toArray.map(ct._1(_)), two.toArray.sortWith(_ < _).map(ct._2(_)))
 	}
 
-	private[this] def scoreMatches(mt: MatchTuple[Char]) = {
-		require(mt._1.length == mt._2.length)
-
-		mt._1.length
-	}
-
-	private[this] def scoreTranspositions(mt: MatchTuple[Char]) = {
-		require(mt._1.length == mt._2.length)
-
-		(mt._1.zip(mt._2).count(t => t._1 != t._2) / 2d).floor.toInt
-	}
-}
-
-object JaroMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): JaroMetric = new JaroMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
+	private def scoreMatches(mt: MatchTuple[Char]) = mt._1.length
 
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+	private def scoreTranspositions(mt: MatchTuple[Char]) = (mt._1.zip(mt._2).count(t => t._1 != t._2) / 2d).floor.toInt
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetric.scala
index 4e9aebd..8d5d724 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetric.scala
@@ -1,40 +1,23 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringMetric}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
 /**
  * An implementation of the Jaro-Winkler metric. One differing detail in this implementation is that if a character is
  * matched in string2, it cannot be matched upon again. This results in a more penalized distance in these scenarios
  * (e.g. comparing henka and henkan distance is 0.9666 versus the typical 0.9722).
  */
-class JaroWinklerMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Double] = {
-
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		JaroMetric.compare(fca1, fca2).map {
+case object JaroWinklerMetric extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] =
+		JaroMetric.compare(a, b).map {
 			case 0d => 0d
 			case 1d => 1d
 			case jaro => {
-				val prefix = fca1.zip(fca2).takeWhile(t => t._1 == t._2)
+				val prefix = a.zip(b).takeWhile(t => t._1 == t._2)
 
 				jaro + ((if (prefix.length <= 4) prefix.length else 4) * 0.1d * (1 - jaro))
 			}
 		}
-	}
-
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Double] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
-}
-
-object JaroWinklerMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): JaroWinklerMetric = new JaroWinklerMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
 
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 }
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetric.scala
index 47dff23..9f78aed 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetric.scala
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{CompareTuple, StringFilter, StringMetric}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the Levenshtein metric. */
-class LevenshteinMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Int] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Int] = {
+case object LevenshteinMetric extends StringMetricLike[Int] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.CompareTuple
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Int] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || b.length == 0) None
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(0)
+		else Some(levenshtein(a, b))
 
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || fca2.length == 0) None
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(0)
-		else Some(levenshtein(fca1, fca2))
-	}
-
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Int] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Int] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
-	private[this] def levenshtein(ct: CompareTuple[Char]) = {
+	private def levenshtein(ct: CompareTuple[Char]) = {
 		val m = Array.fill[Int](ct._1.length + 1, ct._2.length + 1)(-1)
 
 		def distance(t: (Int, Int)): Int = {
@@ -46,13 +40,3 @@ class LevenshteinMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Int] { this: StringF
 		distance(ct._1.length, ct._2.length)
 	}
 }
-
-object LevenshteinMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): LevenshteinMetric = new LevenshteinMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetric.scala
index e74e8eb..8025f38 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetric.scala
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringMetric, MatchTuple, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
-import scala.math
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the N-Gram metric. */
-class NGramMetric extends StringMetric[Int, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] = {
-		if (n <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected valid n.")
+final case class NGramMetric(private val n: Int) extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.MatchTuple
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
+	import scala.math
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] = {
+		if (n <= 0) return None
 
-		if (fca1.length < n || fca2.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(1d)
-		else NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca1)(n).flatMap { ca1bg =>
-			NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca2)(n).map { ca2bg =>
+		if (a.length < n || b.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(1d)
+		else NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(a).flatMap { ca1bg =>
+			NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(b).map { ca2bg =>
 				val ms = scoreMatches((ca1bg.map(_.mkString), ca2bg.map(_.mkString)))
 
 				ms.toDouble / math.max(ca1bg.length, ca2bg.length)
@@ -23,18 +21,7 @@ class NGramMetric extends StringMetric[Int, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
 		}
 	}
 
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)(n)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
 	private[this] def scoreMatches(mt: MatchTuple[String]) = mt._1.intersect(mt._2).length
 }
-
-object NGramMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): NGramMetric = new NGramMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = self.compare(string1, string2)(n)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetric.scala
index a543a7e..3bfe604 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetric.scala
@@ -1,40 +1,27 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringMetric, MatchTuple, StringFilter}
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
-import scala.math
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/* An implementation of the overlap metric. */
-class OverlapMetric extends StringMetric[Int, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] = {
-		if (n <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected valid n.")
+final case class OverlapMetric(private val n: Int) extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.MatchTuple
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
+	import scala.math
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] = {
+		if (n <= 0) return None
 
-		if (fca1.length < n || fca2.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(1d)
-		else NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca1)(n).flatMap { ca1bg =>
-			NGramTokenizer.tokenize(fca2)(n).map { ca2bg =>
+		if (a.length < n || b.length < n) None // Because length is less than n, it is not possible to compare.
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(1d)
+		else NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(a).flatMap { ca1bg =>
+			NGramTokenizer(n).tokenize(b).map { ca2bg =>
 				val ms = scoreMatches(ca1bg.map(_.mkString), ca2bg.map(_.mkString))
 
-				ms.toDouble / (math.min(ca1bg.length, ca2bg.length))
+				ms.toDouble / math.min(ca1bg.length, ca2bg.length)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit n: Int): Option[Double] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)(n: Int)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
 	private[this] def scoreMatches(mt: MatchTuple[String]) = mt._1.intersect(mt._2).length
 }
-
-object OverlapMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): OverlapMetric = new OverlapMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(n: Int) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(n)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(n: Int) = self.compare(string1, string2)(n)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetric.scala
index 1017b1f..197e59a 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetric.scala
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{CompareTuple, StringFilter, StringMetric}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of the Ratcliff/Obershelp metric. */
-class RatcliffObershelpMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Double] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Double] = {
+case object RatcliffObershelpMetric extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.CompareTuple
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || b.length == 0) None
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(1d)
+		else Some(2d * commonSequences(a, b).foldLeft(0)(_ + _.length) / (a.length + b.length))
 
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || fca2.length == 0) None
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(1d)
-		else Some(2d * commonSequences(fca1, fca2).foldLeft(0)(_ + _.length) / (fca1.length + fca2.length))
-	}
-
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(implicit di: DummyImplicit): Option[Double] =
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
-	private[this] def longestCommonSubsequence(ct: CompareTuple[Char]) = {
+	private def longestCommonSubsequence(ct: CompareTuple[Char]) = {
 		val m = Array.ofDim[Int](ct._1.length + 1, ct._2.length + 1)
 		var lrc = (0, 0, 0) // Length, row, column.
 
@@ -33,7 +27,7 @@ class RatcliffObershelpMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Double] { this
 		lrc
 	}
 
-	private[this] def commonSequences(ct: CompareTuple[Char]): Array[Array[Char]] = {
+	private def commonSequences(ct: CompareTuple[Char]): Array[Array[Char]] = {
 		val lcs = longestCommonSubsequence(ct)
 
 		if (lcs._1 == 0) Array.empty
@@ -45,13 +39,3 @@ class RatcliffObershelpMetric extends StringMetric[DummyImplicit, Double] { this
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-object RatcliffObershelpMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): RatcliffObershelpMetric = new RatcliffObershelpMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char]) = self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String) = self.compare(string1, string2)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetric.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetric.scala
index 976b01a..2564eb7 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetric.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetric.scala
@@ -1,32 +1,18 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{CompareTuple, StringMetric, StringFilter}
-import scala.math.BigDecimal
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Metric.StringMetricLike
 
-/** An implementation of a weighted Levenshtein metric. */
-class WeightedLevenshteinMetric
-	extends StringMetric[(BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal), Double] { this: StringFilter =>
+final case class WeightedLevenshteinMetric(delete: BigDecimal, insert: BigDecimal, substitute: BigDecimal)
+	extends StringMetricLike[Double] {
 
-	/** Options order is delete, insert, then substitute weight. */
-	final override def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])
-		(implicit options: (BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal)): Option[Double] = {
+	import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.CompareTuple
 
-		if (options._1 < 0 || options._2 < 0 || options._3 < 0)
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected valid weight options.")
+	override def compare(a: Array[Char], b: Array[Char]): Option[Double] =
+		if (a.length == 0 || b.length == 0) None
+		else if (a.sameElements(b)) Some(0d)
+		else Some(weightedLevenshtein((a, b), (delete, insert, substitute)).toDouble)
 
-		val fca1 = filter(charArray1)
-		lazy val fca2 = filter(charArray2)
-
-		if (fca1.length == 0 || fca2.length == 0) None
-		else if (fca1.sameElements(fca2)) Some(0d)
-		else Some(weightedLevenshtein((fca1, fca2), options).toDouble)
-	}
-
-	/** Options order is delete, insert, then substitute weight. */
-	final override def compare(string1: String, string2: String)
-		(implicit options: (BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal)): Option[Double] =
-
-		compare(string1.toCharArray, string2.toCharArray)(options)
+	override def compare(a: String, b: String): Option[Double] = compare(a.toCharArray, b.toCharArray)
 
 	private[this] def weightedLevenshtein(ct: CompareTuple[Char], w: (BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal)) = {
 		val m = Array.ofDim[BigDecimal](ct._1.length + 1, ct._2.length + 1)
@@ -47,15 +33,3 @@ class WeightedLevenshteinMetric
 		m(ct._1.length)(ct._2.length)
 	}
 }
-
-object WeightedLevenshteinMetric {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): WeightedLevenshteinMetric = new WeightedLevenshteinMetric with StringFilter
-
-	def compare(charArray1: Array[Char], charArray2: Array[Char])(options: (BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal)) =
-		self.compare(charArray1, charArray2)(options)
-
-	def compare(string1: String, string2: String)(options: (BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal)) =
-		self.compare(string1, string2)(options)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizer.scala b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizer.scala
index d858a59..209288f 100755
--- a/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizer.scala
+++ b/core/source/main/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizer.scala
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization
 
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.{StringFilter, StringTokenizer}
+import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.Tokenizer.StringTokenizerLike
 
-/** An implementation of the N-Gram tokenizer. */
-class NGramTokenizer extends StringTokenizer[Int, Array[String]] { this: StringFilter =>
-	final override def tokenize(charArray: Array[Char])(implicit n: Int): Option[Array[Array[Char]]] = {
-		if (n <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected valid n.")
+final case class NGramTokenizer(private val n: Int) extends StringTokenizerLike {
+	override def tokenize(a: Array[Char]): Option[Array[Array[Char]]] = {
+		if (n <= 0) return None
 
-		val fca = filter(charArray)
-
-		if (fca.length < n) None
-		else Some(sequence(fca, Array.empty[Array[Char]], n))
+		if (a.length < n) None
+		else Some(sequence(a, Array.empty[Array[Char]], n))
 	}
 
-	final override def tokenize(string: String)(implicit n: Int): Option[Array[String]] =
-		tokenize(string.toCharArray)(n).map(_.map(_.mkString))
+	override def tokenize(a: String): Option[Array[String]] = tokenize(a.toCharArray).map(_.map(_.mkString))
 
 	@annotation.tailrec
 	private[this] def sequence(i: Array[Char], o: Array[Array[Char]], n: Int): Array[Array[Char]] = {
@@ -24,13 +20,3 @@ class NGramTokenizer extends StringTokenizer[Int, Array[String]] { this: StringF
 		else sequence(i.tail, o :+ i.take(n), n)
 	}
 }
-
-object NGramTokenizer {
-	private lazy val self = apply()
-
-	def apply(): NGramTokenizer = new NGramTokenizer with StringFilter
-
-	def tokenize(charArray: Array[Char])(n: Int) = self.tokenize(charArray)(n)
-
-	def tokenize(string: String)(n: Int) = self.tokenize(string)(n)
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/FilterDecoratedSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/FilterDecoratedSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index e900f83..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/FilterDecoratedSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter.AsciiNumberFilter
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic.MetaphoneAlgorithm
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity.DiceSorensenMetric
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class FilterDecoratedSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import FilterDecoratedSpec.{Algorithm, Metric}
-
-	"Filter decorated metrics" should provide {
-		"compare method" when passed {
-			"filterable arguments" should returns {
-				"filtered results" in {
-					Metric.compare("123", "456")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("ni123ght", "na456cht")(1).get should be (0.6)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	"Filter decorated algorithms" should provide {
-		"compute method" when passed {
-			"filterable argument" should returns {
-				"filtered results" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("456").isDefined should be (false)
-					Algorithm.compute("du123mb456").get should equal ("tm")
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object FilterDecoratedSpec {
-	private final val Algorithm = new MetaphoneAlgorithm with AsciiNumberFilter
-	private final val Metric = new DiceSorensenMetric with AsciiNumberFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringAlgorithmSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringAlgorithmSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 7ce0c24..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringAlgorithmSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic._
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class StringAlgorithmSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	"StringAlgorithm standalone object" should provide {
-		"compute method, type, and companion object pass-throughs" in {
-			val metaphone: StringAlgorithm.Metaphone = StringAlgorithm.Metaphone()
-
-			metaphone.compute("testone").get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithMetaphone("testone").get)
-			metaphone.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithMetaphone("testone".toCharArray).get)
-			metaphone.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("testone".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val nysiis: StringAlgorithm.Nysiis = StringAlgorithm.Nysiis()
-
-			nysiis.compute("testone").get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithNysiis("testone").get)
-			nysiis.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithNysiis("testone".toCharArray).get)
-			nysiis.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (NysiisAlgorithm.compute("testone".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val refinedNysiis: StringAlgorithm.RefinedNysiis = StringAlgorithm.RefinedNysiis()
-
-			refinedNysiis.compute("testone").get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithRefinedNysiis("testone").get)
-			refinedNysiis.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithRefinedNysiis("testone".toCharArray).get)
-			refinedNysiis.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("testone".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val refinedSoundex: StringAlgorithm.RefinedSoundex = StringAlgorithm.RefinedSoundex()
-
-			refinedSoundex.compute("testone").get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithRefinedSoundex("testone").get)
-			refinedSoundex.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithRefinedSoundex("testone".toCharArray).get)
-			refinedSoundex.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("testone".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val soundex: StringAlgorithm.Soundex = StringAlgorithm.Soundex()
-
-			soundex.compute("testone").get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithSoundex("testone").get)
-			soundex.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringAlgorithm.computeWithSoundex("testone".toCharArray).get)
-			soundex.compute("testone".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (SoundexAlgorithm.compute("testone".toCharArray).get)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringMetricSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index ca99bff..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringMetricSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.phonetic._
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.similarity._
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class StringMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	"StringMetric standalone object" should provide {
-		"compare method, type, and companion object pass-throughs" in {
-			val diceSorensen: StringMetric.DiceSorensen = StringMetric.DiceSorensen()
-
-			diceSorensen.compare("testone", "testtwo")(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithDiceSorensen("testone", "testtwo")(1).get)
-			diceSorensen.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithDiceSorensen("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-			diceSorensen.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (DiceSorensenMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-
-			val hamming: StringMetric.Hamming = StringMetric.Hamming()
-
-			hamming.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithHamming("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			hamming.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithHamming("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			hamming.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (HammingMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val jaccard: StringMetric.Jaccard = StringMetric.Jaccard()
-
-			jaccard.compare("testone", "testtwo")(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithJaccard("testone", "testtwo")(1).get)
-			jaccard.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithJaccard("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-			jaccard.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (JaccardMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-
-			val jaro: StringMetric.Jaro = StringMetric.Jaro()
-
-			jaro.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithJaro("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			jaro.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithJaro("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			jaro.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (JaroMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val jaroWinkler: StringMetric.JaroWinkler = StringMetric.JaroWinkler()
-
-			jaroWinkler.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithJaroWinkler("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			jaroWinkler.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithJaroWinkler("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			jaroWinkler.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (JaroWinklerMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val levenshtein: StringMetric.Levenshtein = StringMetric.Levenshtein()
-
-			levenshtein.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithLevenshtein("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			levenshtein.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithLevenshtein("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			levenshtein.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (LevenshteinMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val metaphone: StringMetric.Metaphone = StringMetric.Metaphone()
-
-			metaphone.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithMetaphone("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			metaphone.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithMetaphone("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			metaphone.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (MetaphoneMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val nGram: StringMetric.NGram = StringMetric.NGram()
-
-			nGram.compare("testone", "testtwo")(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithNGram("testone", "testtwo")(1).get)
-			nGram.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithNGram("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-			nGram.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (NGramMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-
-			val nysiis: StringMetric.Nysiis = StringMetric.Nysiis()
-
-			nysiis.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithNysiis("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			nysiis.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithNysiis("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			nysiis.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (NysiisMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val overlap: StringMetric.Overlap = StringMetric.Overlap()
-
-			overlap.compare("testone", "testtwo")(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithOverlap("testone", "testtwo")(1).get)
-			overlap.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithOverlap("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-			overlap.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (OverlapMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1).get)
-
-			val refinedNysiis: StringMetric.RefinedNysiis = StringMetric.RefinedNysiis()
-
-			refinedNysiis.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithRefinedNysiis("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			refinedNysiis.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithRefinedNysiis("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			refinedNysiis.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val refinedSoundex: StringMetric.RefinedSoundex = StringMetric.RefinedSoundex()
-
-			refinedSoundex.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithRefinedSoundex("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			refinedSoundex.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithRefinedSoundex("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			refinedSoundex.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val soundex: StringMetric.Soundex = StringMetric.Soundex()
-
-			soundex.compare("testone", "testtwo").get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithSoundex("testone", "testtwo").get)
-			soundex.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithSoundex("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-			soundex.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get should
-				equal (SoundexMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray).get)
-
-			val weightedLevenshtein: StringMetric.WeightedLevenshtein = StringMetric.WeightedLevenshtein()
-
-			weightedLevenshtein.compare("testone", "testtwo")(1, 2, 3).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithWeightedLevenshtein("testone", "testtwo")(1, 2, 3).get)
-			weightedLevenshtein.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1, 2, 3).get should
-				equal (StringMetric.compareWithWeightedLevenshtein("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1, 2, 3).get)
-			weightedLevenshtein.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1, 2, 3).get should
-				equal (WeightedLevenshteinMetric.compare("testone".toCharArray, "testtwo".toCharArray)(1, 2, 3).get)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringTokenizerSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringTokenizerSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 8837c25..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/StringTokenizerSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.tokenization.NGramTokenizer
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class StringTokenizerSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	"StringTokenizer standalone object" should provide {
-		"tokenize method, type, and companion object pass-throughs" in {
-			val nGram: StringTokenizer.NGram = StringTokenizer.NGram()
-
-			nGram.tokenize("testone")(1).get should
-				equal (StringTokenizer.tokenizeWithNGram("testone")(1).get)
-			nGram.tokenize("testone".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (StringTokenizer.tokenizeWithNGram("testone".toCharArray)(1).get)
-			nGram.tokenize("testone".toCharArray)(1).get should
-				equal (NGramTokenizer.tokenize("testone".toCharArray)(1).get)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 1cce0c9..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiControlFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiControlFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiControlFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with controls" should returns {
-				"String with controls removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	HelloWorld") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-					Filter.filter("HelloWorld	") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-					Filter.filter("Hello	World") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with controls" should returns {
-				"character array with controls removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	HelloWorld".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("HelloWorld	".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("Hello	World".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiControlFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiControlFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlOnlyFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlOnlyFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 958c8ba..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiControlOnlyFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiControlOnlyFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiControlOnlyFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiControlOnlyFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"String with non-controls removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%	^&*()abc") should equal ("	")
-					Filter.filter("	^&*()abc") should equal ("	")
-					Filter.filter("%^&*()abc	") should equal ("	")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"character array with non-controls removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%	^&*()abc".toCharArray) should equal ("	".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("	^&*()abc".toCharArray) should equal ("	".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("%^&*()abc	".toCharArray) should equal ("	".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiControlOnlyFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiControlOnlyFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index d86e7a5..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiLetterFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiLetterFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiLetterFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with letters" should returns {
-				"String with letters removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	Hello123World!") should equal ("	123!")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with letters" should returns {
-				"character array with letters removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	Hello123World!".toCharArray) should equal ("	123!".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiLetterFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetterFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index edfdce6..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiLetterNumberFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiLetterNumberFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiLetterNumberFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with letters and numbers" should returns {
-				"String with letters and numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	Hello123World!") should equal ("	!")
-					Filter.filter("Hello123	!World") should equal ("	!")
-					Filter.filter("!Hello123World	") should equal ("!	")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with letters and numbers" should returns {
-				"character array with letters and numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	Hello123World!".toCharArray) should equal ("	!".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("Hello123	!World".toCharArray) should equal ("	!".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("!Hello123World	".toCharArray) should equal ("!	".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiLetterNumberFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetterNumberFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 7998e39..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"String with non-letters and non-numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc") should equal ("abc")
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123") should equal ("abc123")
-					Filter.filter("abc123!@#$%^&*()") should equal ("abc123")
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%abc123^&*()") should equal ("abc123")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"character array with non-letters and non-numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc".toCharArray) should equal ("abc".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123".toCharArray) should equal ("abc123".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("abc123!@#$%^&*()".toCharArray) should equal ("abc123".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%abc123^&*()".toCharArray) should equal ("abc123".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetterNumberOnlyFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterOnlyFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterOnlyFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index d134792..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiLetterOnlyFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiLetterOnlyFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiLetterOnlyFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiLetterOnlyFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"String with non-letters removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc") should equal ("abc")
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123") should equal ("abc")
-					Filter.filter("abc!@#$%^&*()123") should equal ("abc")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"character array with non-letters removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc".toCharArray) should equal ("abc".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123".toCharArray) should equal ("abc".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("abc!@#$%^&*()123".toCharArray) should equal ("abc".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiLetterOnlyFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiLetterOnlyFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 7c24d45..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiNumberFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiNumberFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiNumberFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with numbers" should returns {
-				"String with numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	Hello123World!") should equal ("	HelloWorld!")
-					Filter.filter("123	HelloWorld!") should equal ("	HelloWorld!")
-					Filter.filter("	HelloWorld!123") should equal ("	HelloWorld!")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with numbers" should returns {
-				"character array with numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("	Hello123World!".toCharArray) should equal ("	HelloWorld!".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("123	HelloWorld!".toCharArray) should equal ("	HelloWorld!".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("	HelloWorld!123".toCharArray) should equal ("	HelloWorld!".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiNumberFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiNumberFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberOnlyFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberOnlyFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index db49d25..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiNumberOnlyFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiNumberOnlyFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiNumberOnlyFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiNumberOnlyFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"String with non-numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123") should equal ("123")
-					Filter.filter("123!@#$%^&*()abc") should equal ("123")
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^123&*()abc") should equal ("123")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"character array with non-numbers removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123".toCharArray) should equal ("123".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("123!@#$%^&*()abc".toCharArray) should equal ("123".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^123&*()abc".toCharArray) should equal ("123".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiNumberOnlyFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiNumberOnlyFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSpaceFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSpaceFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 759db3d..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSpaceFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiSpaceFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiSpaceFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiSpaceFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with spaces" should returns {
-				"String with spaces removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("HelloWorld") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-					Filter.filter(" HelloWorld ") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-					Filter.filter("Hello World") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-					Filter.filter("H e l l o W o r l d") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-					Filter.filter("H  e  l  l  o  W  o  r  l  d") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with spaces" should returns {
-				"character array with spaces removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("HelloWorld".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter(" HelloWorld ".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("Hello World".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("H e l l o W o r l d".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("H  e  l  l  o  W  o  r  l  d".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiSpaceFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiSpaceFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 99be533..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiSymbolFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiSymbolFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiSymbolFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with symbols" should returns {
-				"String with symbols removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("[HelloWorld]") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-					Filter.filter("Hello!World") should equal ("HelloWorld")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with symbols" should returns {
-				"character array with symbols removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("[HelloWorld]".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("Hello!World".toCharArray) should equal ("HelloWorld".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiSymbolFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiSymbolFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolOnlyFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolOnlyFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index c6f1899..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/AsciiSymbolOnlyFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class AsciiSymbolOnlyFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import AsciiSymbolOnlyFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"AsciiSymbolOnlyFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"String with non-symbols removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123") should equal ("!@#$%^&*()")
-					Filter.filter("abc123!@#$%^&*()") should equal ("!@#$%^&*()")
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%abc123^&*()") should equal ("!@#$%^&*()")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with mixed characters" should returns {
-				"character array with non-symbols removed" in {
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%^&*()abc123".toCharArray) should equal ("!@#$%^&*()".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("abc123!@#$%^&*()".toCharArray) should equal ("!@#$%^&*()".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("!@#$%abc123^&*()".toCharArray) should equal ("!@#$%^&*()".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object AsciiSymbolOnlyFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with AsciiSymbolOnlyFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilterSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilterSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index a04a0ae..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilterSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilterSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilterSpec.Filter
-
-	"IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String with mixed case" should returns {
-				"String with the same case" in {
-					Filter.filter("HelloWorld") should (equal ("helloworld") or equal ("HELLOWORLD"))
-					Filter.filter("Hello World") should (equal ("hello world") or equal ("HELLO WORLD"))
-					Filter.filter("H e l l o W o r l d") should
-						(equal ("h e l l o w o r l d") or equal ("H E L L O W O R L D"))
-					Filter.filter("H  e  l  l  o  W  o  r  l  d") should
-						(equal ("h  e  l  l  o  w  o  r  l  d") or equal ("H  E  L  L  O  W  O  R  L  D"))
-				}
-			}
-			"character array with mixed case" should returns {
-				"character array with the same case" in {
-					Filter.filter("HelloWorld".toCharArray) should
-						(equal ("helloworld".toCharArray) or equal ("HELLOWORLD".toCharArray))
-					Filter.filter("Hello World".toCharArray) should
-						(equal ("hello world".toCharArray) or equal ("HELLO WORLD".toCharArray))
-					Filter.filter("H e l l o W o r l d".toCharArray) should
-						(equal ("h e l l o w o r l d".toCharArray) or equal ("H E L L O W O R L D".toCharArray))
-					Filter.filter("H  e  l  l  o  W  o  r  l  d".toCharArray) should
-						(equal ("h  e  l  l  o  w  o  r  l  d".toCharArray) or equal ("H  E  L  L  O  W  O  R  L  D".toCharArray))
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilterSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate with IgnoreAsciiLetterCaseFilter
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/StringFilterDelegateSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/StringFilterDelegateSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100755
index 132156b..0000000
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/filter/StringFilterDelegateSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package com.rockymadden.stringmetric.filter
-
-import com.rockymadden.stringmetric.ScalaTest
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith
-import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
-
-@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class StringFilterDelegateSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import StringFilterDelegateSpec.Filter
-
-	"StringFilter" should provide {
-		"overloaded filter method" when passed {
-			"String" should returns {
-				"the same String" in {
-					Filter.filter("Hello World") should equal ("Hello World")
-					Filter.filter("	Hello! World]") should equal ("	Hello! World]")
-				}
-			}
-			"character array" should returns {
-				"the same character array" in {
-					Filter.filter("Hello World".toCharArray) should equal ("Hello World".toCharArray)
-					Filter.filter("	Hello! World]".toCharArray) should equal ("	Hello! World]".toCharArray)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object StringFilterDelegateSpec {
-	private final val Filter = new StringFilterDelegate
-}
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithmSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithmSpec.scala
index 1f904d5..e29a9ae 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithmSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneAlgorithmSpec.scala
@@ -6,221 +6,208 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class MetaphoneAlgorithmSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import MetaphoneAlgorithmSpec.Algorithm
-
 	"MetaphoneAlgorithm" should provide {
 		"compute method" when passed {
 			"empty argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"Some" in {
 					// z
-					Algorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// y
-					Algorithm.compute("y").isDefined should be (false)
-					Algorithm.compute("zy").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("zyz").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zya").get should equal ("sy")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("y").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zy").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zyz").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zya").get should equal ("sy")
 
 					// x
-					Algorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("zx").get should equal ("sks")
-					Algorithm.compute("zxz").get should equal ("skss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zx").get should equal ("sks")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zxz").get should equal ("skss")
 
 					// w
-					Algorithm.compute("w").isDefined should be (false)
-					Algorithm.compute("zw").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("zwz").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zwa").get should equal ("sw")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("w").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zw").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zwz").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zwa").get should equal ("sw")
 
 					// v
-					Algorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("f")
-					Algorithm.compute("zv").get should equal ("sf")
-					Algorithm.compute("zvz").get should equal ("sfs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("f")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zv").get should equal ("sf")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zvz").get should equal ("sfs")
 
 					// u
-					Algorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u")
-					Algorithm.compute("zu").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zu").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// t
-					Algorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t")
-					Algorithm.compute("ztiaz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("ztioz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zthz").get should equal ("s0s")
-					Algorithm.compute("ztchz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("ztz").get should equal ("sts")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("ztiaz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("ztioz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zthz").get should equal ("s0s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("ztchz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("ztz").get should equal ("sts")
 
 					// s
-					Algorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("zshz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zsioz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zsiaz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zs").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zsz").get should equal ("sss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zshz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zsioz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zsiaz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zs").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zsz").get should equal ("sss")
 
 					// r
-					Algorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r")
-					Algorithm.compute("zr").get should equal ("sr")
-					Algorithm.compute("zrz").get should equal ("srs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zr").get should equal ("sr")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zrz").get should equal ("srs")
 
 					// q
-					Algorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("k")
-					Algorithm.compute("zq").get should equal ("sk")
-					Algorithm.compute("zqz").get should equal ("sks")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("k")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zq").get should equal ("sk")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zqz").get should equal ("sks")
 
 					// p
-					Algorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p")
-					Algorithm.compute("zp").get should equal ("sp")
-					Algorithm.compute("zph").get should equal ("sf")
-					Algorithm.compute("zpz").get should equal ("sps")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zp").get should equal ("sp")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zph").get should equal ("sf")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zpz").get should equal ("sps")
 
 					// o
-					Algorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o")
-					Algorithm.compute("zo").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zo").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// n
-					Algorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n")
-					Algorithm.compute("zn").get should equal ("sn")
-					Algorithm.compute("znz").get should equal ("sns")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zn").get should equal ("sn")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("znz").get should equal ("sns")
 
 					// m
-					Algorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m")
-					Algorithm.compute("zm").get should equal ("sm")
-					Algorithm.compute("zmz").get should equal ("sms")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zm").get should equal ("sm")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zmz").get should equal ("sms")
 
 					// l
-					Algorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l")
-					Algorithm.compute("zl").get should equal ("sl")
-					Algorithm.compute("zlz").get should equal ("sls")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zl").get should equal ("sl")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zlz").get should equal ("sls")
 
 					// k
-					Algorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("k")
-					Algorithm.compute("zk").get should equal ("sk")
-					Algorithm.compute("zck").get should equal ("sk")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("k")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zk").get should equal ("sk")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zck").get should equal ("sk")
 
 					// j
-					Algorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j")
-					Algorithm.compute("zj").get should equal ("sj")
-					Algorithm.compute("zjz").get should equal ("sjs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zj").get should equal ("sj")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zjz").get should equal ("sjs")
 
 					// i
-					Algorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i")
-					Algorithm.compute("zi").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zi").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// h
-					Algorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h") // php wrongly says nothing
-					Algorithm.compute("zh").get should equal ("sh") // php wrongly says s
-					Algorithm.compute("zah").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("zchh").get should equal ("sx")
-					Algorithm.compute("ha").get should equal ("h")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h") // php wrongly says nothing
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zh").get should equal ("sh") // php wrongly says s
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zah").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zchh").get should equal ("sx")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("ha").get should equal ("h")
 
 					// g
-					Algorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("k")
-					Algorithm.compute("zg").get should equal ("sk")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgh").get should equal ("skh") // php wrongly says sf
-					Algorithm.compute("zghz").get should equal ("shs") // php wrongly says sfs
-					Algorithm.compute("zgha").get should equal ("sh") // php wrongly says sf others wrongly say skh
-					Algorithm.compute("zgn").get should equal ("sn")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgns").get should equal ("skns")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgned").get should equal ("snt") // others wrongly says sknt
-					Algorithm.compute("zgneds").get should equal ("sknts") // php wrongly says snts
-					Algorithm.compute("zgi").get should equal ("sj")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgiz").get should equal ("sjs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zge").get should equal ("sj")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgez").get should equal ("sjs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgy").get should equal ("sj")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgyz").get should equal ("sjs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zgz").get should equal ("sks")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("k")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zg").get should equal ("sk")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgh").get should equal ("skh") // php wrongly says sf
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zghz").get should equal ("shs") // php wrongly says sfs
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgha").get should equal ("sh") // php wrongly says sf others wrongly say skh
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgn").get should equal ("sn")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgns").get should equal ("skns")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgned").get should equal ("snt") // others wrongly says sknt
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgneds").get should equal ("sknts") // php wrongly says snts
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgi").get should equal ("sj")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgiz").get should equal ("sjs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zge").get should equal ("sj")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgez").get should equal ("sjs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgy").get should equal ("sj")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgyz").get should equal ("sjs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zgz").get should equal ("sks")
 
 					// f
-					Algorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f")
-					Algorithm.compute("zf").get should equal ("sf")
-					Algorithm.compute("zfz").get should equal ("sfs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zf").get should equal ("sf")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zfz").get should equal ("sfs")
 
 					// e
-					Algorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e")
-					Algorithm.compute("ze").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("ze").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// d
-					Algorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("t")
-					Algorithm.compute("fudge").get should equal ("fjj") // php wrongly says fj
-					Algorithm.compute("dodgy").get should equal ("tjj") // php wrongly says tj others wrongly say tjjy
-					Algorithm.compute("dodgi").get should equal ("tjj") // php wrongly says tj
-					Algorithm.compute("zd").get should equal ("st")
-					Algorithm.compute("zdz").get should equal ("sts")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("t")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("fudge").get should equal ("fjj") // php wrongly says fj
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("dodgy").get should equal ("tjj") // php wrongly says tj others wrongly say tjjy
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("dodgi").get should equal ("tjj") // php wrongly says tj
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zd").get should equal ("st")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zdz").get should equal ("sts")
 
 					// c
-					Algorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("k")
-					Algorithm.compute("zcia").get should equal ("sx")
-					Algorithm.compute("zciaz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zch").get should equal ("sx")
-					Algorithm.compute("zchz").get should equal ("sxs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zci").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zciz").get should equal ("sss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zce").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zcez").get should equal ("sss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zcy").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zcyz").get should equal ("sss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zsci").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zsciz").get should equal ("sss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zsce").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zscez").get should equal ("sss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zscy").get should equal ("ss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zscyz").get should equal ("sss")
-					Algorithm.compute("zsch").get should equal ("sskh") // php wrongly says ssx
-					Algorithm.compute("zc").get should equal ("sk")
-					Algorithm.compute("zcz").get should equal ("sks")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("k")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zcia").get should equal ("sx")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zciaz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zch").get should equal ("sx")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zchz").get should equal ("sxs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zci").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zciz").get should equal ("sss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zce").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zcez").get should equal ("sss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zcy").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zcyz").get should equal ("sss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zsci").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zsciz").get should equal ("sss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zsce").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zscez").get should equal ("sss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zscy").get should equal ("ss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zscyz").get should equal ("sss")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zsch").get should equal ("sskh") // php wrongly says ssx
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zc").get should equal ("sk")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zcz").get should equal ("sks")
 
 					// b
-					Algorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b")
-					Algorithm.compute("zb").get should equal ("sb")
-					Algorithm.compute("zbz").get should equal ("sbs")
-					Algorithm.compute("zmb").get should equal ("sm")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zb").get should equal ("sb")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zbz").get should equal ("sbs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("zmb").get should equal ("sm")
 
 					// a
-					Algorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a")
-					Algorithm.compute("za").get should equal ("s")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("za").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// Miscellaneous.
-					Algorithm.compute("dumb").get should equal ("tm")
-					Algorithm.compute("smith").get should equal ("sm0")
-					Algorithm.compute("school").get should equal ("skhl") // php wrongly says sxl
-					Algorithm.compute("merci").get should equal ("mrs")
-					Algorithm.compute("cool").get should equal ("kl")
-					Algorithm.compute("aebersold").get should equal ("ebrslt")
-					Algorithm.compute("gnagy").get should equal ("nj")
-					Algorithm.compute("knuth").get should equal ("n0")
-					Algorithm.compute("pniewski").get should equal ("nsk")
-					Algorithm.compute("wright").get should equal ("rht") // php wrongly says rft
-					Algorithm.compute("phone").get should equal ("fn")
-					Algorithm.compute("aggregate").get should equal ("akrkt")
-					Algorithm.compute("accuracy").get should equal ("akkrs")
-					Algorithm.compute("encyclopedia").get should equal ("ensklpt")
-					Algorithm.compute("honorificabilitudinitatibus").get should equal ("hnrfkblttnttbs")
-					Algorithm.compute("antidisestablishmentarianism").get should equal ("anttsstblxmntrnsm")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("dumb").get should equal ("tm")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("smith").get should equal ("sm0")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("school").get should equal ("skhl") // php wrongly says sxl
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("merci").get should equal ("mrs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("cool").get should equal ("kl")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("aebersold").get should equal ("ebrslt")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("gnagy").get should equal ("nj")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("knuth").get should equal ("n0")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("pniewski").get should equal ("nsk")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("wright").get should equal ("rht") // php wrongly says rft
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("phone").get should equal ("fn")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("aggregate").get should equal ("akrkt")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("accuracy").get should equal ("akkrs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("encyclopedia").get should equal ("ensklpt")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("honorificabilitudinitatibus").get should equal ("hnrfkblttnttbs")
+					MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("antidisestablishmentarianism").get should equal ("anttsstblxmntrnsm")
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"MetaphoneAlgorithm companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compute method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				MetaphoneAlgorithm.compute("dumb").get should equal ("tm")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object MetaphoneAlgorithmSpec {
-	final private val Algorithm = MetaphoneAlgorithm()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetricSpec.scala
index 9a029d8..94ff5db 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/MetaphoneMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,49 +6,36 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class MetaphoneMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import MetaphoneMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"MetaphoneMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically similar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating true" in {
-					Metric.compare("dumb", "dum").get should be (true)
-					Metric.compare("smith", "smeth").get should be (true)
-					Metric.compare("merci", "mercy").get should be (true)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("dumb", "dum").get should be (true)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("smith", "smeth").get should be (true)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("merci", "mercy").get should be (true)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically dissimilar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating false" in {
-					Metric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("smith", "kiss").get should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("merci", "burpy").get should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("smith", "kiss").get should be (false)
+					MetaphoneMetric.compare("merci", "burpy").get should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"MetaphoneMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				MetaphoneMetric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object MetaphoneMetricSpec {
-	final private val Metric = MetaphoneMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala
index 6a0f113..dea95b8 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala
@@ -6,199 +6,186 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class NysiisAlgorithmSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import NysiisAlgorithmSpec.Algorithm
-
 	"NysiisAlgorithm" should provide {
 		"compute method" when passed {
 			"empty argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"Some" in {
 					// a
-					Algorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a")
-					Algorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a")
 
 					// b
-					Algorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b")
-					Algorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("bb")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("bb")
 
 					// c
-					Algorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c")
-					Algorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("cc")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("cc")
 
 					// d
-					Algorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("dd")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("dd")
 
 					// e
-					Algorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e")
-					Algorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
 
 					// f
-					Algorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f")
-					Algorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("ff")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("ff")
 
 					// g
-					Algorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g")
-					Algorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("gg")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("gg")
 
 					// h
-					Algorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h")
-					Algorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("hh")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("hh")
 
 					// i
-					Algorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i")
-					Algorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i")
 
 					// j
-					Algorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j")
-					Algorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("jj")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("jj")
 
 					// k
-					Algorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("c")
-					Algorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("cc")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("c")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("cc")
 
 					// l
-					Algorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l")
-					Algorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("ll")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("ll")
 
 					// m
-					Algorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m")
-					Algorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("mn")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("mn")
 
 					// n
-					Algorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n")
-					Algorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("nn")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("nn")
 
 					// o
-					Algorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o")
-					Algorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o")
 
 					// p
-					Algorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p")
-					Algorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("pp")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("pp")
 
 					// q
-					Algorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q")
-					Algorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("qg")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("qg")
 
 					// r
-					Algorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r")
-					Algorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("rr")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("rr")
 
 					// s
-					Algorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// t
-					Algorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t")
-					Algorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("tt")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("tt")
 
 					// u
-					Algorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u")
-					Algorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u")
 
 					// v
-					Algorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v")
-					Algorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("vv")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("vv")
 
 					// w
-					Algorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w")
-					Algorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("ww")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("ww")
 
 					// x
-					Algorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x")
-					Algorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("xx")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("xx")
 
 					// y
-					Algorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("yy")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("yy")
 
 					// z
-					Algorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z")
-					Algorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z")
 
 					// Head cases.
-					Algorithm.compute("mac").get should equal ("mc")
-					Algorithm.compute("kn").get should equal ("nn")
-					Algorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("c")
-					Algorithm.compute("ph").get should equal ("ff")
-					Algorithm.compute("pf").get should equal ("ff")
-					Algorithm.compute("sch").get should equal ("s") // dropby wrongly says ss
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("mac").get should equal ("mc")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("kn").get should equal ("nn")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("c")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ph").get should equal ("ff")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("pf").get should equal ("ff")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("sch").get should equal ("s") // dropby wrongly says ss
 
 					// Last cases.
-					Algorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("ie").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("dt").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("rt").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("rd").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("nt").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("nd").get should equal ("d")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("ie").get should equal ("y")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("dt").get should equal ("d")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("rt").get should equal ("d")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("rd").get should equal ("d")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("nt").get should equal ("d")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("nd").get should equal ("d")
 
 					// Core cases.
-					Algorithm.compute("eev").get should equal ("eaf")
-					Algorithm.compute("zev").get should equal ("zaf")
-					Algorithm.compute("kkn").get should equal ("cn")
-					Algorithm.compute("sschn").get should equal ("ssn")
-					Algorithm.compute("pph").get should equal ("pf")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("eev").get should equal ("eaf")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("zev").get should equal ("zaf")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("kkn").get should equal ("cn")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("sschn").get should equal ("ssn")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("pph").get should equal ("pf")
 
 					// Miscellaneous.
-					Algorithm.compute("macdonald").get should equal ("mcdanald")
-					Algorithm.compute("phone").get should equal ("ffan")
-					Algorithm.compute("aggregate").get should equal ("agragat")
-					Algorithm.compute("accuracy").get should equal ("acaracy")
-					Algorithm.compute("encyclopedia").get should equal ("encyclapad")
-					Algorithm.compute("honorificabilitudinitatibus").get should equal ("hanarafacabalatadanatatab")
-					Algorithm.compute("antidisestablishmentarianism").get should equal ("antadasastablasnantaranasn")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("macdonald").get should equal ("mcdanald")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("phone").get should equal ("ffan")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("aggregate").get should equal ("agragat")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("accuracy").get should equal ("acaracy")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("encyclopedia").get should equal ("encyclapad")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("honorificabilitudinitatibus").get should equal ("hanarafacabalatadanatatab")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("antidisestablishmentarianism").get should equal ("antadasastablasnantaranasn")
 
 					// Dropby.
-					Algorithm.compute("macintosh").get should equal ("mcant")
-					Algorithm.compute("knuth").get should equal ("nnat")
-					Algorithm.compute("koehn").get should equal ("can") // dropby wrongly says c
-					Algorithm.compute("phillipson").get should equal ("ffalapsan")
-					Algorithm.compute("pfeister").get should equal ("ffastar")
-					Algorithm.compute("schoenhoeft").get should equal ("ssanaft")
-					Algorithm.compute("mckee").get should equal ("mcy")
-					Algorithm.compute("heitschmedt").get should equal ("hatsnad")
-					Algorithm.compute("bart").get should equal ("bad")
-					Algorithm.compute("hurd").get should equal ("had")
-					Algorithm.compute("hunt").get should equal ("had")
-					Algorithm.compute("westerlund").get should equal ("wastarlad")
-					Algorithm.compute("casstevens").get should equal ("castafan")
-					Algorithm.compute("vasquez").get should equal ("vasg")
-					Algorithm.compute("frazier").get should equal ("frasar")
-					Algorithm.compute("bowman").get should equal ("banan")
-					Algorithm.compute("mcknight").get should equal ("mcnagt")
-					Algorithm.compute("rickert").get should equal ("racad")
-					Algorithm.compute("deutsch").get should equal ("dat") // dropby wrongly says dats
-					Algorithm.compute("westphal").get should equal ("wastfal")
-					Algorithm.compute("shriver").get should equal ("shravar")
-					Algorithm.compute("kuhl").get should equal ("cal") // dropby wrongly says c
-					Algorithm.compute("rawson").get should equal ("rasan")
-					Algorithm.compute("jiles").get should equal ("jal")
-					Algorithm.compute("carraway").get should equal ("caray")
-					Algorithm.compute("yamada").get should equal ("yanad")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("macintosh").get should equal ("mcant")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("knuth").get should equal ("nnat")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("koehn").get should equal ("can") // dropby wrongly says c
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("phillipson").get should equal ("ffalapsan")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("pfeister").get should equal ("ffastar")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("schoenhoeft").get should equal ("ssanaft")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("mckee").get should equal ("mcy")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("heitschmedt").get should equal ("hatsnad")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("bart").get should equal ("bad")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("hurd").get should equal ("had")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("hunt").get should equal ("had")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("westerlund").get should equal ("wastarlad")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("casstevens").get should equal ("castafan")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("vasquez").get should equal ("vasg")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("frazier").get should equal ("frasar")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("bowman").get should equal ("banan")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("mcknight").get should equal ("mcnagt")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("rickert").get should equal ("racad")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("deutsch").get should equal ("dat") // dropby wrongly says dats
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("westphal").get should equal ("wastfal")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("shriver").get should equal ("shravar")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("kuhl").get should equal ("cal") // dropby wrongly says c
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("rawson").get should equal ("rasan")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("jiles").get should equal ("jal")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("carraway").get should equal ("caray")
+					NysiisAlgorithm.compute("yamada").get should equal ("yanad")
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"NysiisAlgorithm companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compute method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				NysiisAlgorithm.compute("macdonald").get should equal ("mcdanald")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object NysiisAlgorithmSpec {
-	final private val Algorithm = NysiisAlgorithm()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetricSpec.scala
index c6929a2..7e52101 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/NysiisMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,45 +6,32 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class NysiisMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import NysiisMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"NysiisMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically similar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating true" in {
-					Metric.compare("ham", "hum").get should be (true)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("ham", "hum").get should be (true)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically dissimilar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating false" in {
-					Metric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
+					NysiisMetric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"NysiisMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				NysiisMetric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object NysiisMetricSpec {
-	final private val Metric = NysiisMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala
index 1298d2d..eaa09ce 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisAlgorithmSpec.scala
@@ -6,216 +6,203 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class RefinedNysiisAlgorithmSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import RefinedNysiisAlgorithmSpec.Algorithm
-
 	"RefinedNysiisAlgorithm" should provide {
 		"compute method" when passed {
 			"empty argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"Some" in {
 					// a
-					Algorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a")
-					Algorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a")
 
 					// b
-					Algorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b")
-					Algorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("b")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("b")
 
 					// c
-					Algorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c")
-					Algorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("c")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("c")
 
 					// d
-					Algorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("d")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("d")
 
 					// e
-					Algorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e")
-					Algorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
 
 					// f
-					Algorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f")
-					Algorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("f")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("f")
 
 					// g
-					Algorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g")
-					Algorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("g")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("g")
 
 					// h
-					Algorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h")
-					Algorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("h")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("h")
 
 					// i
-					Algorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i")
-					Algorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i")
 
 					// j
-					Algorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j")
-					Algorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("j")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("j")
 
 					// k
-					Algorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("c")
-					Algorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("c")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("c")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("c")
 
 					// l
-					Algorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l")
-					Algorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("l")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("l")
 
 					// m
-					Algorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m")
-					Algorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("mn")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("mn")
 
 					// n
-					Algorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n")
-					Algorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("n")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("n")
 
 					// o
-					Algorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o")
-					Algorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o")
 
 					// p
-					Algorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p")
-					Algorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("p")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("p")
 
 					// q
-					Algorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q")
-					Algorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("qg")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("qg")
 
 					// r
-					Algorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r")
-					Algorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("r")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("r")
 
 					// s
-					Algorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s")
-					Algorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s")
 
 					// t
-					Algorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t")
-					Algorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("t")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("t")
 
 					// u
-					Algorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u")
-					Algorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u")
 
 					// v
-					Algorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v")
-					Algorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("v")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("v")
 
 					// w
-					Algorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w")
-					Algorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("w")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("w")
 
 					// x
-					Algorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x")
-					Algorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("x")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("x")
 
 					// y
-					Algorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("ybyb").get should equal ("ybab")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("y")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ybyb").get should equal ("ybab")
 
 					// z
-					Algorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z")
-					Algorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z")
 
 					// Head cases.
-					Algorithm.compute("mac").get should equal ("mc")
-					Algorithm.compute("pf").get should equal ("f")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("mac").get should equal ("mc")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("pf").get should equal ("f")
 
 					// Last cases.
-					Algorithm.compute("ix").get should equal ("ic")
-					Algorithm.compute("ex").get should equal ("ec")
-					Algorithm.compute("ye").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("ie").get should equal ("y")
-					Algorithm.compute("dt").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("rt").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("rd").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("nt").get should equal ("d")
-					Algorithm.compute("nd").get should equal ("d")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ix").get should equal ("ic")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ex").get should equal ("ec")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ye").get should equal ("y")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("y")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ie").get should equal ("y")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("dt").get should equal ("d")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("rt").get should equal ("d")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("rd").get should equal ("d")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("nt").get should equal ("d")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("nd").get should equal ("d")
 
 					// Core cases.
-					Algorithm.compute("bevb").get should equal ("bafb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bghtb").get should equal ("bgtb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bdgb").get should equal ("bgb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bphb").get should equal ("bfb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bknb").get should equal ("bnb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bshb").get should equal ("bsb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bschb").get should equal ("bsb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bywb").get should equal ("bab")
-					Algorithm.compute("byw").get should equal ("by")
-					Algorithm.compute("ywb").get should equal ("yb")
-					Algorithm.compute("bwrb").get should equal ("brb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bevb").get should equal ("bafb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bghtb").get should equal ("bgtb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bdgb").get should equal ("bgb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bphb").get should equal ("bfb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bknb").get should equal ("bnb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bshb").get should equal ("bsb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bschb").get should equal ("bsb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bywb").get should equal ("bab")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("byw").get should equal ("by")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("ywb").get should equal ("yb")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bwrb").get should equal ("brb")
 
 					// Transcode cases.
-					Algorithm.compute("bay").get should equal ("by")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bay").get should equal ("by")
 
 					// Miscellaneous.
-					Algorithm.compute("macdonald").get should equal ("mcdanald")
-					Algorithm.compute("phone").get should equal ("fan")
-					Algorithm.compute("aggregate").get should equal ("agragat")
-					Algorithm.compute("accuracy").get should equal ("acaracy")
-					Algorithm.compute("encyclopedia").get should equal ("encaclapad")
-					Algorithm.compute("honorificabilitudinitatibus").get should equal ("hanarafacabalatadanatatab")
-					Algorithm.compute("antidisestablishmentarianism").get should equal ("antadasastablasnantaranasn")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("macdonald").get should equal ("mcdanald")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("phone").get should equal ("fan")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("aggregate").get should equal ("agragat")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("accuracy").get should equal ("acaracy")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("encyclopedia").get should equal ("encaclapad")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("honorificabilitudinitatibus").get should equal ("hanarafacabalatadanatatab")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("antidisestablishmentarianism").get should equal ("antadasastablasnantaranasn")
 
 					// Dropby.
-					Algorithm.compute("edwards").get should equal ("edwad")
-					Algorithm.compute("parez").get should equal ("par")
-					Algorithm.compute("macintosh").get should equal ("mcantas")
-					Algorithm.compute("phillipson").get should equal ("falapsan")
-					Algorithm.compute("haddix").get should equal ("hadac")
-					Algorithm.compute("essex").get should equal ("esac")
-					Algorithm.compute("moye").get should equal ("my")
-					Algorithm.compute("mckee").get should equal ("mcy")
-					Algorithm.compute("mackie").get should equal ("mcy")
-					Algorithm.compute("heitschmidt").get should equal ("hatsnad")
-					Algorithm.compute("bart").get should equal ("bad")
-					Algorithm.compute("hurd").get should equal ("had")
-					Algorithm.compute("hunt").get should equal ("had")
-					Algorithm.compute("westerlund").get should equal ("wastarlad")
-					Algorithm.compute("evers").get should equal ("evar")
-					Algorithm.compute("devito").get should equal ("dafat")
-					Algorithm.compute("rawson").get should equal ("rasan")
-					Algorithm.compute("shoulders").get should equal ("saldar")
-					Algorithm.compute("leighton").get should equal ("lagtan")
-					Algorithm.compute("wooldridge").get should equal ("waldrag")
-					Algorithm.compute("oliphant").get should equal ("olafad")
-					Algorithm.compute("hatchett").get should equal ("hatcat")
-					Algorithm.compute("mcknight").get should equal ("mcnagt")
-					Algorithm.compute("rickert").get should equal ("racad")
-					Algorithm.compute("bowman").get should equal ("banan")
-					Algorithm.compute("vasquez").get should equal ("vasg")
-					Algorithm.compute("bashaw").get should equal ("bas")
-					Algorithm.compute("schoenhoeft").get should equal ("sanaft") // dropby wrongly says scanaft
-					Algorithm.compute("heywood").get should equal ("had")
-					Algorithm.compute("hayman").get should equal ("hanan")
-					Algorithm.compute("seawright").get should equal ("saragt")
-					Algorithm.compute("kratzer").get should equal ("cratsar")
-					Algorithm.compute("canaday").get should equal ("canady")
-					Algorithm.compute("crepeau").get should equal ("crap")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("edwards").get should equal ("edwad")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("parez").get should equal ("par")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("macintosh").get should equal ("mcantas")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("phillipson").get should equal ("falapsan")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("haddix").get should equal ("hadac")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("essex").get should equal ("esac")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("moye").get should equal ("my")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("mckee").get should equal ("mcy")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("mackie").get should equal ("mcy")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("heitschmidt").get should equal ("hatsnad")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bart").get should equal ("bad")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("hurd").get should equal ("had")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("hunt").get should equal ("had")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("westerlund").get should equal ("wastarlad")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("evers").get should equal ("evar")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("devito").get should equal ("dafat")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("rawson").get should equal ("rasan")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("shoulders").get should equal ("saldar")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("leighton").get should equal ("lagtan")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("wooldridge").get should equal ("waldrag")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("oliphant").get should equal ("olafad")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("hatchett").get should equal ("hatcat")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("mcknight").get should equal ("mcnagt")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("rickert").get should equal ("racad")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bowman").get should equal ("banan")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("vasquez").get should equal ("vasg")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("bashaw").get should equal ("bas")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("schoenhoeft").get should equal ("sanaft") // dropby wrongly says scanaft
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("heywood").get should equal ("had")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("hayman").get should equal ("hanan")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("seawright").get should equal ("saragt")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("kratzer").get should equal ("cratsar")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("canaday").get should equal ("canady")
+					RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("crepeau").get should equal ("crap")
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"RefinedNysiisAlgorithm companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compute method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				RefinedNysiisAlgorithm.compute("macdonald").get should equal ("mcdanald")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object RefinedNysiisAlgorithmSpec {
-	final private val Algorithm = RefinedNysiisAlgorithm()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetricSpec.scala
index ca9d2ec..8ac87e1 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedNysiisMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,45 +6,32 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class RefinedNysiisMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import RefinedNysiisMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"RefinedNysiisMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically similar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating true" in {
-					Metric.compare("ham", "hum").get should be (true)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("ham", "hum").get should be (true)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically dissimilar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating false" in {
-					Metric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
+					RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"RefinedNysiisMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				RefinedNysiisMetric.compare("dumb", "gum").get should be (false)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object RefinedNysiisMetricSpec {
-	final private val Metric = RefinedNysiisMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala
index 254bf06..cc6dc37 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala
@@ -6,170 +6,157 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class RefinedSoundexAlgorithmSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import RefinedSoundexAlgorithmSpec.Algorithm
-
 	"RefinedSoundexAlgorithm" should provide {
 		"compute method" when passed {
 			"empty argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"Some" in {
 					// a
-					Algorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a0")
-					Algorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a0")
 
 					// b
-					Algorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b1")
-					Algorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("b1")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b1")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("b1")
 
 					// c
-					Algorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c3")
-					Algorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("c3")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c3")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("c3")
 
 					// d
-					Algorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d6")
-					Algorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("d6")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d6")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("d6")
 
 					// e
-					Algorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e0")
-					Algorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("e0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("e0")
 
 					// f
-					Algorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f2")
-					Algorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("f2")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f2")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("f2")
 
 					// g
-					Algorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g4")
-					Algorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("g4")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g4")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("g4")
 
 					// h
-					Algorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h0")
-					Algorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("h0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("h0")
 
 					// i
-					Algorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i0")
-					Algorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i0")
 
 					// j
-					Algorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j4")
-					Algorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("j4")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j4")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("j4")
 
 					// k
-					Algorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("k3")
-					Algorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("k3")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("k3")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("k3")
 
 					// l
-					Algorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l7")
-					Algorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("l7")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l7")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("l7")
 
 					// m
-					Algorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m8")
-					Algorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("m8")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m8")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("m8")
 
 					// n
-					Algorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n8")
-					Algorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("n8")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n8")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("n8")
 
 					// o
-					Algorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o0")
-					Algorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o0")
 
 					// p
-					Algorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p1")
-					Algorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("p1")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p1")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("p1")
 
 					// q
-					Algorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q5")
-					Algorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("q5")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q5")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("q5")
 
 					// r
-					Algorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r9")
-					Algorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("r9")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r9")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("r9")
 
 					// s
-					Algorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s3")
-					Algorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s3")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s3")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s3")
 
 					// t
-					Algorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t6")
-					Algorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("t6")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t6")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("t6")
 
 					// u
-					Algorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u0")
-					Algorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u0")
 
 					// v
-					Algorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v2")
-					Algorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("v2")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v2")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("v2")
 
 					// w
-					Algorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w0")
-					Algorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("w0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("w0")
 
 					// x
-					Algorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x5")
-					Algorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("x5")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x5")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("x5")
 
 					// y
-					Algorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y0")
-					Algorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("y0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("y0")
 
 					// z
-					Algorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z5")
-					Algorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z5")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z5")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z5")
 
 					// Starting with letter then numbers.
-					Algorithm.compute("x123456").get should equal ("x5")
-					Algorithm.compute("a123456").get should equal ("a0")
-					Algorithm.compute("f123456").get should equal ("f2")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("x123456").get should equal ("x5")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("a123456").get should equal ("a0")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("f123456").get should equal ("f2")
 
 					// Miscellaneous.
-					Algorithm.compute("braz").get should equal ("b1905")
-					Algorithm.compute("broz").get should equal ("b1905")
-					Algorithm.compute("caren").get should equal ("c30908")
-					Algorithm.compute("carren").get should equal ("c30908")
-					Algorithm.compute("coram").get should equal ("c30908")
-					Algorithm.compute("corran").get should equal ("c30908")
-					Algorithm.compute("curreen").get should equal ("c30908")
-					Algorithm.compute("curwen").get should equal ("c30908")
-					Algorithm.compute("hairs").get should equal ("h093")
-					Algorithm.compute("hark").get should equal ("h093")
-					Algorithm.compute("hars").get should equal ("h093")
-					Algorithm.compute("hayers").get should equal ("h093")
-					Algorithm.compute("heers").get should equal ("h093")
-					Algorithm.compute("hiers").get should equal ("h093")
-					Algorithm.compute("lambard").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("lambart").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("lambert").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("lambird").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("lampaert").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("lampart").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("lamport").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("limbert").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("lombard").get should equal ("l7081096")
-					Algorithm.compute("nolton").get should equal ("n807608")
-					Algorithm.compute("noulton").get should equal ("n807608")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("braz").get should equal ("b1905")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("broz").get should equal ("b1905")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("caren").get should equal ("c30908")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("carren").get should equal ("c30908")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("coram").get should equal ("c30908")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("corran").get should equal ("c30908")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("curreen").get should equal ("c30908")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("curwen").get should equal ("c30908")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("hairs").get should equal ("h093")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("hark").get should equal ("h093")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("hars").get should equal ("h093")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("hayers").get should equal ("h093")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("heers").get should equal ("h093")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("hiers").get should equal ("h093")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lambard").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lambart").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lambert").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lambird").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lampaert").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lampart").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lamport").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("limbert").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("lombard").get should equal ("l7081096")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("nolton").get should equal ("n807608")
+					RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("noulton").get should equal ("n807608")
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"RefinedSoundexAlgorithm companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compute method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				RefinedSoundexAlgorithm.compute("braz").get should equal ("b1905")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object RefinedSoundexAlgorithmSpec {
-	final private val Algorithm = RefinedSoundexAlgorithm()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetricSpec.scala
index cb6a222..57964a5 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/RefinedSoundexMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,45 +6,32 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class RefinedSoundexMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import RefinedSoundexMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"RefinedSoundexMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically similar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating true" in {
-					Metric.compare("robert", "rupert").get should be (true)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("robert", "rupert").get should be (true)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically dissimilar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating false" in {
-					Metric.compare("robert", "rubin").get should be (false)
+					RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("robert", "rubin").get should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"RefinedSoundexMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				RefinedSoundexMetric.compare("robert", "rubin").get should be (false)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object RefinedSoundexMetricSpec {
-	final private val Metric = RefinedSoundexMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala
index 5b7deaa..cfe6ac6 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexAlgorithmSpec.scala
@@ -6,169 +6,156 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class SoundexAlgorithmSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import SoundexAlgorithmSpec.Algorithm
-
 	"SoundexAlgorithm" should provide {
 		"compute method" when passed {
 			"empty argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Algorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetic argument" should returns {
 				"Some" in {
 					// a
-					Algorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a000")
-					Algorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("a").get should equal ("a000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("aa").get should equal ("a000")
 
 					// b
-					Algorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b000")
-					Algorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("b000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("b").get should equal ("b000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("bb").get should equal ("b000")
 
 					// c
-					Algorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c000")
-					Algorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("c000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("c").get should equal ("c000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("cc").get should equal ("c000")
 
 					// d
-					Algorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d000")
-					Algorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("d000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("d").get should equal ("d000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("dd").get should equal ("d000")
 
 					// e
-					Algorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e000")
-					Algorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("e000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("e").get should equal ("e000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ee").get should equal ("e000")
 
 					// f
-					Algorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f000")
-					Algorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("f000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("f").get should equal ("f000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ff").get should equal ("f000")
 
 					// g
-					Algorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g000")
-					Algorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("g000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("g").get should equal ("g000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("gg").get should equal ("g000")
 
 					// h
-					Algorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h000")
-					Algorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("h000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("h").get should equal ("h000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("hh").get should equal ("h000")
 
 					// i
-					Algorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i000")
-					Algorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("i").get should equal ("i000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ii").get should equal ("i000")
 
 					// j
-					Algorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j000")
-					Algorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("j000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("j").get should equal ("j000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("jj").get should equal ("j000")
 
 					// k
-					Algorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("k000")
-					Algorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("k000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("k").get should equal ("k000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("kk").get should equal ("k000")
 
 					// l
-					Algorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l000")
-					Algorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("l000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("l").get should equal ("l000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ll").get should equal ("l000")
 
 					// m
-					Algorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m000")
-					Algorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("m000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("m").get should equal ("m000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("mm").get should equal ("m000")
 
 					// n
-					Algorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n000")
-					Algorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("n000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("n").get should equal ("n000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("nn").get should equal ("n000")
 
 					// o
-					Algorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o000")
-					Algorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("o").get should equal ("o000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("oo").get should equal ("o000")
 
 					// p
-					Algorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p000")
-					Algorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("p000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("p").get should equal ("p000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("pp").get should equal ("p000")
 
 					// q
-					Algorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q000")
-					Algorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("q000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("q").get should equal ("q000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("qq").get should equal ("q000")
 
 					// r
-					Algorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r000")
-					Algorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("r000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("r").get should equal ("r000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("rr").get should equal ("r000")
 
 					// s
-					Algorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s000")
-					Algorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("s").get should equal ("s000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ss").get should equal ("s000")
 
 					// t
-					Algorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t000")
-					Algorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("t000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("t").get should equal ("t000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("tt").get should equal ("t000")
 
 					// u
-					Algorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u000")
-					Algorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("u").get should equal ("u000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("uu").get should equal ("u000")
 
 					// v
-					Algorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v000")
-					Algorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("v000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("v").get should equal ("v000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("vv").get should equal ("v000")
 
 					// w
-					Algorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w000")
-					Algorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("w000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("w").get should equal ("w000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ww").get should equal ("w000")
 
 					// x
-					Algorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x000")
-					Algorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("x000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("x").get should equal ("x000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("xx").get should equal ("x000")
 
 					// y
-					Algorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y000")
-					Algorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("y000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("y").get should equal ("y000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("yy").get should equal ("y000")
 
 					// z
-					Algorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z000")
-					Algorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("z").get should equal ("z000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("zz").get should equal ("z000")
 
 					// Starting with letter then numbers.
-					Algorithm.compute("x123456").get should equal ("x000")
-					Algorithm.compute("a123456").get should equal ("a000")
-					Algorithm.compute("f123456").get should equal ("f000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("x123456").get should equal ("x000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("a123456").get should equal ("a000")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("f123456").get should equal ("f000")
 
 					// Miscellaneous.
-					Algorithm.compute("abc").get should equal ("a120")
-					Algorithm.compute("xyz").get should equal ("x200")
-					Algorithm.compute("robert").get should equal ("r163")
-					Algorithm.compute("rupert").get should equal ("r163")
-					Algorithm.compute("rubin").get should equal ("r150")
-					Algorithm.compute("ashcraft").get should equal ("a261")
-					Algorithm.compute("tymczak").get should equal ("t522")
-					Algorithm.compute("pfister").get should equal ("p236")
-					Algorithm.compute("euler").get should equal ("e460")
-					Algorithm.compute("gauss").get should equal ("g200")
-					Algorithm.compute("hilbert").get should equal ("h416")
-					Algorithm.compute("knuth").get should equal ("k530")
-					Algorithm.compute("lloyd").get should equal ("l300")
-					Algorithm.compute("lukasiewicz").get should equal ("l222")
-					Algorithm.compute("ashcroft").get should equal ("a261")
-					Algorithm.compute("tymczak").get should equal ("t522")
-					Algorithm.compute("pfister").get should equal ("p236")
-					Algorithm.compute("ellery").get should equal ("e460")
-					Algorithm.compute("ghosh").get should equal ("g200")
-					Algorithm.compute("heilbronn").get should equal ("h416")
-					Algorithm.compute("kant").get should equal ("k530")
-					Algorithm.compute("ladd").get should equal ("l300")
-					Algorithm.compute("lissajous").get should equal ("l222")
-					Algorithm.compute("fusedale").get should equal ("f234")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("abc").get should equal ("a120")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("xyz").get should equal ("x200")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("robert").get should equal ("r163")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("rupert").get should equal ("r163")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("rubin").get should equal ("r150")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ashcraft").get should equal ("a261")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("tymczak").get should equal ("t522")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("pfister").get should equal ("p236")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("euler").get should equal ("e460")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("gauss").get should equal ("g200")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("hilbert").get should equal ("h416")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("knuth").get should equal ("k530")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("lloyd").get should equal ("l300")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("lukasiewicz").get should equal ("l222")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ashcroft").get should equal ("a261")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("tymczak").get should equal ("t522")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("pfister").get should equal ("p236")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ellery").get should equal ("e460")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ghosh").get should equal ("g200")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("heilbronn").get should equal ("h416")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("kant").get should equal ("k530")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("ladd").get should equal ("l300")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("lissajous").get should equal ("l222")
+					SoundexAlgorithm.compute("fusedale").get should equal ("f234")
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"SoundexAlgorithm companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compute method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				SoundexAlgorithm.compute("abc").get should equal ("a120")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object SoundexAlgorithmSpec {
-	final private val Algorithm = SoundexAlgorithm()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetricSpec.scala
index 9fc47d8..6d4873a 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/phonetic/SoundexMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,45 +6,32 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class SoundexMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import SoundexMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"SoundexMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"non-phonetic arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("123", "123").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("123", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("", "123").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically similar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating true" in {
-					Metric.compare("robert", "rupert").get should be (true)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("robert", "rupert").get should be (true)
 				}
 			}
 			"phonetically dissimilar arguments" should returns {
 				"Boolean indicating false" in {
-					Metric.compare("robert", "rubin").get should be (false)
+					SoundexMetric.compare("robert", "rubin").get should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"SoundexMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				SoundexMetric.compare("robert", "rubin").get should be (false)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object SoundexMetricSpec {
-	final private val Metric = SoundexMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetricSpec.scala
index 5ddfc06..6611e27 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/DiceSorensenMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,70 +6,57 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class DiceSorensenMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import DiceSorensenMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"DiceSorensenMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz")(1).isDefined should be (false)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"1" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(1).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(2).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(3).get should be (1)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(1).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(3).get should be (0)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(3).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"invalid arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("n", "naght")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "n")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("ni", "naght")(3).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "na")(3).isDefined should be (false)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("n", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("night", "n").isDefined should be (false)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(3).compare("ni", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(3).compare("night", "na").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(1).get should be (0.6)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(1).get should be (0.8)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(1).get should be (0.7142857142857143)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.6)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.8)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(1).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.7142857142857143)
 
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(2).get should be (0.25)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("contextcontext", "contact")(2).get should be (0.3157894736842105)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contactcontact")(2).get should be (0.3157894736842105)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "nacht")(2).get should be (0.4)
-					Metric.compare("xp", "nacht")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "hththt")(2).get should be (0.3333333333333333)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.25)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.5)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.5)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("contextcontext", "contact").get should be (0.3157894736842105)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("context", "contactcontact").get should be (0.3157894736842105)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("ht", "nacht").get should be (0.4)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("xp", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(2).compare("ht", "hththt").get should be (0.3333333333333333)
 
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(3).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(3).get should be (0.3333333333333333)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.4)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(3).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(3).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.3333333333333333)
+					DiceSorensenMetric(3).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.4)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"DiceSorensenMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				DiceSorensenMetric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.4)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object DiceSorensenMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = DiceSorensenMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetricSpec.scala
index c69d860..c26996a 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/HammingMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,47 +6,34 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class HammingMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import HammingMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"HammingMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					HammingMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					HammingMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					HammingMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").get should be (0)
+					HammingMetric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (0)
+					HammingMetric.compare("123", "123").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"Int indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("123", "456").get should be (3)
+					HammingMetric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (3)
+					HammingMetric.compare("123", "456").get should be (3)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Int indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("toned", "roses").get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("1011101", "1001001").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("2173896", "2233796").get should be (3)
+					HammingMetric.compare("toned", "roses").get should be (3)
+					HammingMetric.compare("1011101", "1001001").get should be (2)
+					HammingMetric.compare("2173896", "2233796").get should be (3)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"HammingMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				HammingMetric.compare("2173896", "2233796").get should be (3)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object HammingMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = HammingMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetricSpec.scala
index 17bc3ef..06b8928 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaccardMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,72 +6,57 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class JaccardMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import JaccardMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"JaccardMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz")(1).isDefined should be (false)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"1" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(1).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(2).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(3).get should be (1)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					JaccardMetric(3).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(1).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(3).get should be (0)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					JaccardMetric(3).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"invalid arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("n", "naght")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "n")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("ni", "naght")(3).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "na")(3).isDefined should be (false)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("n", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("night", "n").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaccardMetric(3).compare("ni", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaccardMetric(3).compare("night", "na").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(1).get should be (0.42857142857142855)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(1).get should be (0.6666666666666666)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(1).get should be (0.5555555555555556)
-
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(2).get should be (0.14285714285714285)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(2).get should be (0.3333333333333333)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(2).get should be (0.3333333333333333)
-					Metric.compare("contextcontext", "contact")(2).get should be (0.1875)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contactcontact")(2).get should be (0.1875)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "nacht")(2).get should be (0.25)
-					Metric.compare("xp", "nacht")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "hththt")(2).get should be (0.2)
-
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(3).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(3).get should be (0.2)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.25)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.42857142857142855)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.6666666666666666)
+					JaccardMetric(1).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.5555555555555556)
+
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.14285714285714285)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.3333333333333333)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.3333333333333333)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("contextcontext", "contact").get should be (0.1875)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("context", "contactcontact").get should be (0.1875)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("ht", "nacht").get should be (0.25)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("xp", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					JaccardMetric(2).compare("ht", "hththt").get should be (0.2)
+
+					JaccardMetric(3).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					JaccardMetric(3).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.2)
+					JaccardMetric(3).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.25)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"JaccardMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				JaccardMetric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.25)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object JaccardMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = JaccardMetric()
 }
-
-
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetricSpec.scala
index 00f4daf..d5037c5 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,61 +6,48 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class JaroMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import JaroMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"JaroMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaroMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaroMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaroMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"1" in {
-					Metric.compare("a", "a").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").get should be (1)
+					JaroMetric.compare("a", "a").get should be (1)
+					JaroMetric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					JaroMetric.compare("123", "123").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("123", "456").get should be (0)
+					JaroMetric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					JaroMetric.compare("123", "456").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("aa", "a").get should be (0.8333333333333334)
-					Metric.compare("a", "aa").get should be (0.8333333333333334)
-					Metric.compare("veryveryverylong", "v").get should be (0.6875)
-					Metric.compare("v", "veryveryverylong").get should be (0.6875)
-					Metric.compare("martha", "marhta").get should be (0.9444444444444445)
-					Metric.compare("dwayne", "duane").get should be (0.8222222222222223)
-					Metric.compare("dixon", "dicksonx").get should be (0.7666666666666666)
-					Metric.compare("abcvwxyz", "cabvwxyz").get should be (0.9583333333333334)
-					Metric.compare("jones", "johnson").get should be (0.7904761904761904)
-					Metric.compare("henka", "henkan").get should be (0.9444444444444445)
-					Metric.compare("fvie", "ten").get should be (0)
+					JaroMetric.compare("aa", "a").get should be (0.8333333333333334)
+					JaroMetric.compare("a", "aa").get should be (0.8333333333333334)
+					JaroMetric.compare("veryveryverylong", "v").get should be (0.6875)
+					JaroMetric.compare("v", "veryveryverylong").get should be (0.6875)
+					JaroMetric.compare("martha", "marhta").get should be (0.9444444444444445)
+					JaroMetric.compare("dwayne", "duane").get should be (0.8222222222222223)
+					JaroMetric.compare("dixon", "dicksonx").get should be (0.7666666666666666)
+					JaroMetric.compare("abcvwxyz", "cabvwxyz").get should be (0.9583333333333334)
+					JaroMetric.compare("jones", "johnson").get should be (0.7904761904761904)
+					JaroMetric.compare("henka", "henkan").get should be (0.9444444444444445)
+					JaroMetric.compare("fvie", "ten").get should be (0)
 
-					Metric.compare("zac ephron", "zac efron").get should be >
-						Metric.compare("zac ephron", "kai ephron").get
-					Metric.compare("brittney spears", "britney spears").get should be >
-						Metric.compare("brittney spears", "brittney startzman").get
+					JaroMetric.compare("zac ephron", "zac efron").get should be >
+						JaroMetric.compare("zac ephron", "kai ephron").get
+					JaroMetric.compare("brittney spears", "britney spears").get should be >
+						JaroMetric.compare("brittney spears", "brittney startzman").get
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"JaroMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				JaroMetric.compare("fvie", "ten").get should be (0)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object JaroMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = JaroMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetricSpec.scala
index 06421a8..14f7cbb 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/JaroWinklerMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,61 +6,48 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class JaroWinklerMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import JaroWinklerMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"JaroWinklerMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"1" in {
-					Metric.compare("a", "a").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").get should be (1)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("a", "a").get should be (1)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("123", "123").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("123", "456").get should be (0)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("123", "456").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("aa", "a").get should be (0.8500000000000001)
-					Metric.compare("a", "aa").get should be (0.8500000000000001)
-					Metric.compare("veryveryverylong", "v").get should be (0.71875)
-					Metric.compare("v", "veryveryverylong").get should be (0.71875)
-					Metric.compare("martha", "marhta").get should be (0.9611111111111111)
-					Metric.compare("dwayne", "duane").get should be (0.8400000000000001)
-					Metric.compare("dixon", "dicksonx").get should be (0.8133333333333332)
-					Metric.compare("abcvwxyz", "cabvwxyz").get should be (0.9583333333333334)
-					Metric.compare("jones", "johnson").get should be (0.8323809523809523)
-					Metric.compare("henka", "henkan").get should be (0.9666666666666667)
-					Metric.compare("fvie", "ten").get should be (0)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("aa", "a").get should be (0.8500000000000001)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("a", "aa").get should be (0.8500000000000001)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("veryveryverylong", "v").get should be (0.71875)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("v", "veryveryverylong").get should be (0.71875)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("martha", "marhta").get should be (0.9611111111111111)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("dwayne", "duane").get should be (0.8400000000000001)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("dixon", "dicksonx").get should be (0.8133333333333332)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("abcvwxyz", "cabvwxyz").get should be (0.9583333333333334)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("jones", "johnson").get should be (0.8323809523809523)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("henka", "henkan").get should be (0.9666666666666667)
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("fvie", "ten").get should be (0)
 
-					Metric.compare("zac ephron", "zac efron").get should be >
-						Metric.compare("zac ephron", "kai ephron").get
-					Metric.compare("brittney spears", "britney spears").get should be >
-						Metric.compare("brittney spears", "brittney startzman").get
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("zac ephron", "zac efron").get should be >
+						JaroWinklerMetric.compare("zac ephron", "kai ephron").get
+					JaroWinklerMetric.compare("brittney spears", "britney spears").get should be >
+						JaroWinklerMetric.compare("brittney spears", "brittney startzman").get
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"JaroWinklerMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				JaroWinklerMetric.compare("fvie", "ten").get should be (0)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object JaroWinklerMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = JaroWinklerMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetricSpec.scala
index 51de2ca..8e8bf11 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/LevenshteinMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,60 +6,47 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class LevenshteinMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import LevenshteinMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"LevenshteinMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").get should be (0)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (0)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("123", "123").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"Int indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("123", "456").get should be (3)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (3)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("123", "456").get should be (3)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Int indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "a").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("a", "abc").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "c").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("c", "abc").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("sitting", "kitten").get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("kitten", "sitting").get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("cake", "drake").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("drake", "cake").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("saturday", "sunday").get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("sunday", "saturday").get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("book", "back").get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("dog", "fog").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("foq", "fog").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("fvg", "fog").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("encyclopedia", "encyclopediaz").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("encyclopediz", "encyclopediaz").get should be (1)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("abc", "a").get should be (2)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("a", "abc").get should be (2)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("abc", "c").get should be (2)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("c", "abc").get should be (2)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("sitting", "kitten").get should be (3)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("kitten", "sitting").get should be (3)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("cake", "drake").get should be (2)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("drake", "cake").get should be (2)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("saturday", "sunday").get should be (3)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("sunday", "saturday").get should be (3)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("book", "back").get should be (2)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("dog", "fog").get should be (1)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("foq", "fog").get should be (1)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("fvg", "fog").get should be (1)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("encyclopedia", "encyclopediaz").get should be (1)
+					LevenshteinMetric.compare("encyclopediz", "encyclopediaz").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"LevenshteinMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				LevenshteinMetric.compare("fvg", "fog").get should be (1)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object LevenshteinMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = LevenshteinMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetricSpec.scala
index 39d97e5..6d9749e 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/NGramMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,70 +6,57 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class NGramMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import NGramMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"NGramMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz")(1).isDefined should be (false)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"1" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(1).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(2).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(3).get should be (1)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					NGramMetric(3).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(1).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(3).get should be (0)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					NGramMetric(3).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"invalid arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("n", "naght")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "n")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("ni", "naght")(3).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "na")(3).isDefined should be (false)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("n", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("night", "n").isDefined should be (false)
+					NGramMetric(3).compare("ni", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					NGramMetric(3).compare("night", "na").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(1).get should be (0.6)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(1).get should be (0.8)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(1).get should be (0.7142857142857143)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.6)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.8)
+					NGramMetric(1).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.7142857142857143)
 
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(2).get should be (0.25)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("contextcontext", "contact")(2).get should be (0.23076923076923078)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contactcontact")(2).get should be (0.23076923076923078)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "nacht")(2).get should be (0.25)
-					Metric.compare("xp", "nacht")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "hththt")(2).get should be (0.2)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.25)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.5)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.5)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("contextcontext", "contact").get should be (0.23076923076923078)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("context", "contactcontact").get should be (0.23076923076923078)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("ht", "nacht").get should be (0.25)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("xp", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					NGramMetric(2).compare("ht", "hththt").get should be (0.2)
 
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(3).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(3).get should be (0.3333333333333333)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.4)
+					NGramMetric(3).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					NGramMetric(3).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.3333333333333333)
+					NGramMetric(3).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.4)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"NGramMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				NGramMetric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.4)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object NGramMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = NGramMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetricSpec.scala
index 32c9650..20d1b2e 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/OverlapMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,72 +6,59 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class OverlapMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import OverlapMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"OverlapMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz")(1).isDefined should be (false)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"1" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(1).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(2).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(3).get should be (1)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					OverlapMetric(3).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(1).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(3).get should be (0)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					OverlapMetric(3).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"invalid arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("n", "naght")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "n")(2).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("ni", "naght")(3).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("night", "na")(3).isDefined should be (false)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("n", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("night", "n").isDefined should be (false)
+					OverlapMetric(3).compare("ni", "naght").isDefined should be (false)
+					OverlapMetric(3).compare("night", "na").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("bob", "bobman") (1).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("bob", "manbobman") (1).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(1).get should be (0.6)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(1).get should be (0.8)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(1).get should be (0.7142857142857143)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("bob", "bobman").get should be (1)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("bob", "manbobman").get should be (1)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.6)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.8)
+					OverlapMetric(1).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.7142857142857143)
 
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(2).get should be (0.25)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("contextcontext", "contact")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contactcontact")(2).get should be (0.5)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "nacht")(2).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("xp", "nacht")(2).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("ht", "hththt")(2).get should be (1)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0.25)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.5)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.5)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("contextcontext", "contact").get should be (0.5)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("context", "contactcontact").get should be (0.5)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("ht", "nacht").get should be (1)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("xp", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					OverlapMetric(2).compare("ht", "hththt").get should be (1)
 
-					Metric.compare("night", "nacht")(3).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("night", "naght")(3).get should be (0.3333333333333333)
-					Metric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.4)
+					OverlapMetric(3).compare("night", "nacht").get should be (0)
+					OverlapMetric(3).compare("night", "naght").get should be (0.3333333333333333)
+					OverlapMetric(3).compare("context", "contact").get should be (0.4)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"OverlapMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				OverlapMetric.compare("context", "contact")(3).get should be (0.4)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object OverlapMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = OverlapMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetricSpec.scala
index 638536f..e1ff9cf 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/RatcliffObershelpMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,51 +6,37 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class RatcliffObershelpMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import RatcliffObershelpMetricSpec.Metric
-
 	"RatcliffObershelpMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("123", "123").get should be (1)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("abc", "abc").get should be (1)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("123", "123").get should be (1)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("123", "456").get should be (0)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (0)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("123", "456").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("aleksander", "alexandre").get should be (0.7368421052631579)
-					Metric.compare("alexandre", "aleksander").get should be (0.7368421052631579)
-					Metric.compare("pennsylvania", "pencilvaneya").get should be (0.6666666666666666)
-					Metric.compare("pencilvaneya", "pennsylvania").get should be (0.6666666666666666)
-					Metric.compare("abcefglmn", "abefglmo").get should be (0.8235294117647058)
-					Metric.compare("abefglmo", "abcefglmn").get should be (0.8235294117647058)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("aleksander", "alexandre").get should be (0.7368421052631579)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("alexandre", "aleksander").get should be (0.7368421052631579)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("pennsylvania", "pencilvaneya").get should be (0.6666666666666666)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("pencilvaneya", "pennsylvania").get should be (0.6666666666666666)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("abcefglmn", "abefglmo").get should be (0.8235294117647058)
+					RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("abefglmo", "abcefglmn").get should be (0.8235294117647058)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"RatcliffObershelpMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				RatcliffObershelpMetric.compare("abefglmo", "abcefglmn").get should be (0.8235294117647058)
-			}
-		}
-	}
 }
-
-object RatcliffObershelpMetricSpec {
-	private final val Metric = RatcliffObershelpMetric()
-}
-
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetricSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetricSpec.scala
index 9c46c89..bcd17ec 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetricSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/similarity/WeightedLevenshteinMetricSpec.scala
@@ -6,59 +6,45 @@ import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 final class WeightedLevenshteinMetricSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import WeightedLevenshteinMetricSpec.{Metric, Options}
-
 	"WeightedLevenshteinMetric" should provide {
 		"compare method" when passed {
 			"empty arguments" should returns {
 				"None" in {
-					Metric.compare("", "")(Options).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("abc", "")(Options).isDefined should be (false)
-					Metric.compare("", "xyz")(Options).isDefined should be (false)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("abc", "").isDefined should be (false)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("", "xyz").isDefined should be (false)
 				}
 			}
 			"equal arguments" should returns {
 				"0" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "abc")(Options).get should be (0)
-					Metric.compare("123", "123")(Options).get should be (0)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("abc", "abc").get should be (0)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("123", "123").get should be (0)
 				}
 			}
 			"unequal arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("abc", "xyz")(Options).get should be (3)
-					Metric.compare("123", "456")(Options).get should be (3)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("abc", "xyz").get should be (3)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("123", "456").get should be (3)
 				}
 			}
 			"valid arguments" should returns {
 				"Double indicating distance" in {
-					Metric.compare("az", "z")(Options).get should be (10)
-					Metric.compare("z", "az")(Options).get should be (0.1)
-					Metric.compare("a", "z")(Options).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("z", "a")(Options).get should be (1)
-					Metric.compare("ab", "yz")(Options).get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("yz", "ab")(Options).get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("0", "0123456789")(Options).get should be (0.9)
-					Metric.compare("0123456789", "0")(Options).get should be (90)
-					Metric.compare("book", "back")(Options).get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("back", "book")(Options).get should be (2)
-					Metric.compare("hosp", "hospital")(Options).get should be (0.4)
-					Metric.compare("hospital", "hosp")(Options).get should be (40)
-					Metric.compare("clmbs blvd", "columbus boulevard")(Options).get should be (0.8)
-					Metric.compare("columbus boulevard", "clmbs blvd")(Options).get should be (80)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("az", "z").get should be (10)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("z", "az").get should be (0.1)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("a", "z").get should be (1)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("z", "a").get should be (1)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("ab", "yz").get should be (2)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("yz", "ab").get should be (2)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("0", "0123456789").get should be (0.9)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("0123456789", "0").get should be (90)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("book", "back").get should be (2)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("back", "book").get should be (2)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("hosp", "hospital").get should be (0.4)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("hospital", "hosp").get should be (40)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("clmbs blvd", "columbus boulevard").get should be (0.8)
+					WeightedLevenshteinMetric(10, 0.1, 1).compare("columbus boulevard", "clmbs blvd").get should be (80)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	"WeightedLevenshteinMetric companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through compare method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				WeightedLevenshteinMetric.compare("hospital", "hosp")(Options).get should be (40)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-object WeightedLevenshteinMetricSpec {
-	private final val Options = Tuple3[BigDecimal, BigDecimal, BigDecimal](10, 0.1, 1)
-	private final val Metric = WeightedLevenshteinMetric()
 }
diff --git a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizerSpec.scala b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizerSpec.scala
index 56fdc13..1598a93 100755
--- a/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizerSpec.scala
+++ b/core/source/test/scala/com/rockymadden/stringmetric/tokenization/NGramTokenizerSpec.scala
@@ -5,65 +5,40 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
-final class NGramTokenizerSpec extends ScalaTest {
-	import NGramTokenizerSpec.Tokenizer
-
-	"NGramTokenizer" should provide {
-		"tokenize method" when passed {
-			"empty argument" should returns {
-				"None" in {
-					Tokenizer.tokenize("")(1).isDefined should be (false)
-				}
-			}
-			"invalid n argument" should throws {
-				"IllegalArgumentException" in {
-					evaluating {
-						Tokenizer.tokenize("")(0).isDefined should be (false)
-					} should produce [IllegalArgumentException]
-
-					evaluating {
-						Tokenizer.tokenize("")(-1).isDefined should be (false)
-					} should produce [IllegalArgumentException]
-				}
+final class NGramTokenizerSpec extends ScalaTest { "NGramTokenizer" should provide {
+	"tokenize method" when passed {
+		"empty argument" should returns {
+			"None" in {
+				NGramTokenizer(1).tokenize("").isDefined should be (false)
 			}
-			"valid argument" should returns {
-				"Array[String]" in {
-					Tokenizer.tokenize("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")(1).get should equal (
-						Array(
-							"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r",
-							"s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"
-						)
-					)
-					Tokenizer.tokenize("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")(2).get should equal (
-						Array(
-							"ab", "bc", "cd", "de", "ef", "fg", "gh", "hi", "ij", "jk", "kl", "lm", "mn", "no", "op",
-							"pq", "qr", "rs", "st", "tu", "uv", "vw", "wx", "xy", "yz"
-						)
-					)
-					Tokenizer.tokenize("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")(3).get should equal (
-						Array(
-							"abc", "bcd", "cde", "def", "efg", "fgh", "ghi", "hij", "ijk", "jkl", "klm", "lmn", "mno",
-							"nop", "opq", "pqr", "qrs", "rst", "stu", "tuv", "uvw", "vwx", "wxy", "xyz"
-						)
-					)
-				}
+		}
+		"invalid n argument" should returns {
+			"None" in {
+				NGramTokenizer(0).tokenize("").isDefined should be (false)
+				NGramTokenizer(-1).tokenize("").isDefined should be (false)
 			}
 		}
-	}
-	"NGramTokenizer companion object" should provide {
-		"pass-through tokenize method" should returns {
-			"same value as class" in {
-				NGramTokenizer.tokenize("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")(1).get should equal (
+		"valid argument" should returns {
+			"Array[String]" in {
+				NGramTokenizer(1).tokenize("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz").get should equal (
 					Array(
 						"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r",
 						"s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"
 					)
 				)
+				NGramTokenizer(2).tokenize("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz").get should equal (
+					Array(
+						"ab", "bc", "cd", "de", "ef", "fg", "gh", "hi", "ij", "jk", "kl", "lm", "mn", "no", "op",
+						"pq", "qr", "rs", "st", "tu", "uv", "vw", "wx", "xy", "yz"
+					)
+				)
+				NGramTokenizer(3).tokenize("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz").get should equal (
+					Array(
+						"abc", "bcd", "cde", "def", "efg", "fgh", "ghi", "hij", "ijk", "jkl", "klm", "lmn", "mno",
+						"nop", "opq", "pqr", "qrs", "rst", "stu", "tuv", "uvw", "vwx", "wxy", "xyz"
+					)
+				)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-}
-
-object NGramTokenizerSpec {
-	private final val Tokenizer = NGramTokenizer()
-}
+}}