de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.index

Interface SimilarityIndex<O>

Type Parameters:

O - Object type

All Superinterfaces:

Index, Result

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

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SimilarityQuery<O>	getSimilarityQuery(SimilarityFunction<? super O> simFunction, java.lang.Object... hints) Get a similarity query object for the given similarity function.

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.index.Index

initialize, logStatistics

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.result.Result

getLongName, getShortName

Method Detail

getSimilarityQuery

SimilarityQuery<O> getSimilarityQuery(SimilarityFunction<? super O> simFunction,
                                      java.lang.Object... hints)

Get a similarity query object for the given similarity function.

Parameters:

simFunction - Similarity function to use.

hints - Hints for the optimizer

Returns:

similarity query object or null