diff --git a/src/common/fuzzy_search.ts b/src/common/fuzzy_search.ts
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+import * as assert from 'assert';
+
+export enum StringMatchType { 
+    /** Marks matched part of value string + query string */
+    MATCHED, 
+    
+    /** Marks unmatched (skipped) part of value string */
+    UNMATCHED, 
+    
+    /** Marks unmatched part of query string; probably indicates an error if present. */
+    ERROR_UNMATCHED_QUERY 
+}
+export type SpanifyResult = [StringMatchType, String];
+export type SpanifyResults = Array<SpanifyResult>;
+
+
+/** Generic interface for any string matching algorithm */
+export interface IStringMatcher {
+    /**
+     * Matches a value string against a query string.
+     * 
+     * @param query  The query string (eg. "fzsrch")
+     * @param value  The value we're checking (eg. "fuzzy search")
+     * @returns true iff the passed in value string matches the query string according to the algorithm we're implementing.
+     */
+    match (query: String, value: String): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Spanifies (ie. breaks into sub-strings / matched tokens) a string to visualize how it's being
+     * matched by match. Assumes that you've already called match() to determine whether the string matches or not.
+     * 
+     * @param query  The query string (eg. "fzsrch")
+     * @param value  The value we're checking (eg. "fuzzy search")
+     * @param results An external, cached array that we can store our results in.
+     *  Will have its length set to zero, then appended to.
+     *  Not returning a _new_ (allocated) array, b/c that would be wasteful and we'd like to minimize gc.
+     * @returns true iff matched everything, false otherwise
+     */
+    spanify (query: String, value: String, results: SpanifyResults): boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * @returns a new SpanifyResults() (ie. new Array<[StringMatchTYpe, String]>()).
+     * Convenience function since otherwise this would be annoying.
+     */
+    newSpanifyResults (): SpanifyResults;
+}
+
+export interface IStringPrioritizer {
+    priority (value: String): Number;
+}
+export interface IStringSorter {
+    sort (values: String, prioritizer: IStringPrioritizer);
+}
+
+export class StringSearchFilterer {
+    private sorter:     IStringSorter;
+    private filterer:   IStringMatcher | null;
+    private spanResults: SpanifyResults | null;
+
+    constructor (sorter: IStringSorter, filterer: IStringMatcher | null) {
+        this.sorter = sorter;
+        this.filterer = filterer;
+        this.spanResults = null;
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+/** 
+ * Implements a fuzzy string search algorithm that returns true if query is a strictly ordered subset of value.
+ * 
+ * @example 
+ * ```typescript
+ * let fuzzy = new FuzzyMatcher();
+ * assert(fuzzy.match("fzy", "fuzzy"));
+ * assert(!fuzzy.match("fyz", "fuzzy"));
+ * ```
+ * @exmaple
+ * ```typescript
+ * let results = new SpanifyResults();
+ * fuzzy.spanify("fzy", "fuzzy", results);
+ * console.log('Matching "fuzzy" against "fzy"');
+ * results.forEach(function(result){
+ *     let match = result[0], substring = result[1];
+ *     console.log(''+match+': "'+substring+'"");
+ * });
+ * ```
+ */
+export class FuzzyMatcher implements IStringMatcher {
+    match (query: String, value: String): boolean {
+        let i = value.length, j = query.length;
+        while (j != 0 && i >= j) {
+            if (value[i - 1] == query[j - 1]) {
+                --j;
+            }
+            --i;
+        }
+        return j == 0;
+    }
+    spanify (query: String, value: String, results: SpanifyResults): boolean {
+        results.length = 0;
+
+        // Initial spanify function.
+        // This code is probably wrong (have yet to test, b/c didn't bother getting
+        // typescript setup w/ npm...)
+
+        let i = 0, j = 0, n = value.length, m = query.length;
+        while (i < n && j < m) {
+            if (value[i] == query[j]) {
+                let i0 = i;
+                while (i < n && j < m && value[i] == query[j]) {
+                    ++i, ++j;
+                }
+                results.push([ StringMatchType.MATCHED, value.substr(i0, i - i0) ]);
+            } else {
+                let i0 = i, j0 = j;
+                while (i < n && value[i] != query[j0]) ++i;
+                while (j < m && value[i0] != query[j]) ++j;
+                if ((i - i0) < (j - j0)) {
+                    results.push([ StringMatchType.UNMATCHED, value.substr(i0, i - i0) ]);
+                    j = j0;
+                } else {
+                    results.push([ StringMatchType.ERROR_UNMATCHED_QUERY, query.substr(j0, j - j0) ]);
+                    i = i0;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return i == n && j == m;
+    }
+    newSpanifyResults (): SpanifyResults {
+        return new Array<[StringMatchType, String]>();
+    }
+}
+
+export class SubstringMatcher implements IStringMatcher {
+    match (query: String, value: String): boolean {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/common/matcher.ts b/src/common/matcher.ts
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+
+export interface IStatefulStringMatcher<T> {
+    setData (values: Array<T>);
+    setQuery (query: String);
+    length (): number;
+    take (count: number): Array<T>;
+    takeNext (start: number): T;
+    takeSlice (start: number, count: number): Array<T>;
+}
+
+class Prioritizable {
+    priority: number = 0;
+}
+
+/** To use with edit distance algorithms like levehnstein */
+export class SortingStringMatcher<T extends Prioritizable> implements IStatefulStringMatcher<T> {
+    private values: Array<T>;
+    private count: number;
+    private query: String;
+    private dirty: Boolean;
+    private prioritize: (T, String) => number;
+
+    constructor (values: Array<T>, prioritize: (T, String) => number) {
+        this.prioritize = prioritize;
+        this.setData(values);
+    }
+    setData (values: Array<T>) {
+        this.values = values;
+        this.count = this.values.length;
+        this.dirty = true;
+    }
+    setQuery (query: String) {
+        this.query = query;
+        this.dirty = true;
+    }
+    private update () {
+        this.dirty = false;
+        this.values.forEach((x: T) => x.priority = this.prioritize(x, this.query));
+        this.values.sort((a: T, b: T): number => 
+            a.priority - b.priority);
+    }
+    length (): number { return this.count; }
+    take (count: number): Array<T> { 
+        if (this.dirty) {
+            this.update();
+        }
+        return this.takeSlice(0, count);
+    }
+    takeNext (index: number): T { 
+        if (this.dirty) {
+            this.update(); 
+        }
+        if (index > this.length()) { 
+            throw new RangeError(""+index+" > "+this.length()); 
+        }
+        return this.values[index]; 
+    }
+    takeSlice (start: number, count: number): Array<T> { 
+        if (this.dirty) {
+            this.update();
+        }
+        return this.values.slice(start, Math.min(this.length() - start, count)); 
+    }
+}
+
+/** To use with pure filtering algorithms like a strict ordered subset search (sublime-like) */
+export class FilteringStringMatcher<T extends Prioritizable> implements IStatefulStringMatcher<T> {
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+export class StatefulStringMatcher<T> {
+    private values: Array<T>;
+    private mappingFunction: (T) => Number;
+    
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/test/common/fuzzy_search.spec.ts b/test/common/fuzzy_search.spec.ts
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+import { FuzzyMatcher, StringMatchType, SpanifyResult, SpanifyResults } from '../../src/common/fuzzy_search';
+
+describe("FuzzyMatcher tests", () => {
+    let fuzzy = new FuzzyMatcher();
+    test("It won't bother null checks, since typescript should be capable of handling that for us", () => {
+        // Do nothing
+    });
+    test(".match() should handle input edgecases", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.match("","")).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("asdf", "")).toEqual(false);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("", "hello!")).toEqual(true);
+    });
+    test(".match() should handle input as expected", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.match("a", "a")).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("a", "ab")).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("b", "ab")).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("ab", "a")).toEqual(false);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("ab", "b")).toEqual(false);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("fzy src", "fuzzy search")).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.match("fuzzy search", "fzy src")).toEqual(false);
+    });
+    let results = fuzzy.newSpanifyResults();
+    test(".spanify() should behave the same as .match()", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("", "", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("asdf", "", results)).toEqual(false);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("", "hello!", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("a", "a", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("a", "ab", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("b", "ab", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("ab", "a", results)).toEqual(false);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("ab", "b", results)).toEqual(false);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("fzy src", "fuzzy search", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("fzzy src", "asdf fuzzy search", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("fuzzy search", "fzy src", results)).toEqual(false);
+    });
+    test(".spanify() should return with no results when given empty arguments", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("", "", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+    test(".spanify() should return with one matching result when arguments match exactly", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("foo", "foo", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(results[0][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.MATCHED);
+        expect(results[0][1]).toEqual("foo");
+    });
+    test(".spanify() should return with one unmatched / skipped result when query string is empty", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("", "foo", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(results[0][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.UNMATCHED);
+        expect(results[0][1]).toEqual("foo");
+    });
+    test(".spanify() should return with one unmatched querry result (error) when value string is empty", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("foo", "", results)).toEqual(false);
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(results[0][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.ERROR_UNMATCHED_QUERY);
+        expect(results[0][1]).toEqual("foo");
+    });
+    test(".spanify() should return with the correct results when invoked on a correct match", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("fzzy src", "asdf fuzzy search", results)).toEqual(true);
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(7);
+        expect(results[0][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.UNMATCHED);
+        expect(results[0][1]).toEqual("asdf ");
+        expect(results[1][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.MATCHED);
+        expect(results[1][1]).toEqual("f");
+        expect(results[2][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.UNMATCHED);
+        expect(results[2][1]).toEqual("u");
+        expect(results[3][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.MATCHED);
+        expect(results[3][1]).toEqual("zzy s");
+        expect(results[4][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.UNMATCHED);
+        expect(results[4][1]).toEqual("ea");
+        expect(results[5][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.MATCHED);
+        expect(results[5][1]).toEqual("rc");
+        expect(results[6][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.UNMATCHED);
+        expect(results[6][1]).toEqual("h");
+    });
+    test(".spanify() should (maybe) still return useful results when invoked on an incorrect match", () => {
+        expect(fuzzy.spanify("asdf fuzzy search", "fzzy src", results)).toEqual(false);
+        expect(results.length).toEqual(7);
+        expect(results[0][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.ERROR_UNMATCHED_QUERY);
+        expect(results[0][1]).toEqual("asd");
+        expect(results[1][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.MATCHED);
+        expect(results[1][1]).toEqual("f");
+        expect(results[2][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.ERROR_UNMATCHED_QUERY);
+        expect(results[2][1]).toEqual(" fu");
+        expect(results[3][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.MATCHED);
+        expect(results[3][1]).toEqual("zzy s");
+        expect(results[4][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.ERROR_UNMATCHED_QUERY);
+        expect(results[4][1]).toEqual("ea");
+        expect(results[5][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.MATCHED);
+        expect(results[5][1]).toEqual("rc");
+        expect(results[6][0]).toEqual(StringMatchType.ERROR_UNMATCHED_QUERY);
+        expect(results[6][1]).toEqual("h");
+    });
+});