NeighborPredicate (ELKI: Environment for DeveLoping KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures)

Type Parameters:

T - Data type of neighborhoods

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRangeQueryNeighborPredicate, COPACNeighborPredicate, EpsilonNeighborPredicate, ERiCNeighborPredicate, FDBSCANNeighborPredicate, FourCNeighborPredicate, PreDeConNeighborPredicate, SimilarityNeighborPredicate
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public interface NeighborPredicate<T>
```
Get the neighbors of an object
Note the Factory/Instance split of this interface.

Since:

0.5.0

Author:

Erich Schubert

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static interface NeighborPredicate.Instance<T>
Instance for a particular data set.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TypeInformation`	`getInputTypeRestriction()`	Input data type restriction.
`SimpleTypeInformation<T>`	`getOutputType()`	Output data type information.
`NeighborPredicate.Instance<T>`	`instantiate(Database database)`	Instantiate for a database.

- Method Detail
  - instantiate
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NeighborPredicate.Instance<T> instantiate(Database database)
```
    Instantiate for a database.
    
    Parameters:
    
    database - Database to instantiate for
    
    Returns:
    
    Instance
  - getInputTypeRestriction
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TypeInformation getInputTypeRestriction()
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    Input data type restriction.
    
    Returns:
    
    Type restriction
  - getOutputType
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SimpleTypeInformation<T> getOutputType()
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    Output data type information.
    
    Returns:
    
    Type information