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

Type Parameters:

O - Object type

All Superinterfaces:

Index

All Known Implementing Classes:

PrecomputedSimilarityMatrix
```
public interface SimilarityIndex<O>
extends Index
```
Index with support for similarity queries (e.g., precomputed similarity matrixes, caches)

Since:

0.4.0

Author:

Erich Schubert

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`SimilarityQuery<O>`	`getSimilarityQuery(Similarity<? super O> simFunction)`	Get a similarity query object for the given similarity function.

Methods inherited from interface elki.index.Index
initialize, logStatistics

- Method Detail
  - getSimilarityQuery
```
SimilarityQuery<O> getSimilarityQuery(Similarity<? super O> simFunction)
```
    Get a similarity query object for the given similarity function.
    
    Parameters:
    
    simFunction - Similarity function to use.
    
    Returns:
    
    similarity query object or null