de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.preprocessing
Interface PreprocessorClient<P extends Preprocessor<O>,O extends DatabaseObject>

All Superinterfaces:

Parameterizable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PreprocessorBasedMeasurementFunction<O,P,D>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCorrelationDistanceFunction, AbstractLocallyWeightedDistanceFunction, AbstractPreferenceVectorBasedCorrelationDistanceFunction, AbstractPreprocessorBasedDistanceFunction, AbstractPreprocessorBasedSimilarityFunction, DiSHDistanceFunction, ERiCDistanceFunction, FractionalSharedNearestNeighborSimilarityFunction, HiSCDistanceFunction, KernelBasedLocallyWeightedDistanceFunction, LocallyWeightedDistanceFunction, PCABasedCorrelationDistanceFunction, SharedNearestNeighborSimilarityFunction, SubspaceDistanceFunction

public interface PreprocessorClient<P extends Preprocessor<O>,O extends DatabaseObject>
extends Parameterizable

Interface defining the requirements for classes using a PreprocessorHandler to run a preprocessor on a certain database.

Author:

Elke Achtert

Method Summary

AssociationID<?>	getAssociationID() Returns the association ID for the association to be set by the preprocessor.
String	getDefaultPreprocessorClassName() Returns the name of the default preprocessor.
String	getPreprocessorDescription() Returns the description for the preprocessor parameter.
Class<P>	getPreprocessorSuperClass() Returns the super class for the preprocessor parameter.

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.Parameterizable

checkGlobalParameterConstraints, collectOptions, getParameters, setParameters, shortDescription

Method Detail

getDefaultPreprocessorClassName

String getDefaultPreprocessorClassName()

Returns the name of the default preprocessor.

Returns:

the name of the default preprocessor

getPreprocessorDescription

String getPreprocessorDescription()

Returns the description for the preprocessor parameter.

Returns:

the description for the preprocessor parameter

getPreprocessorSuperClass

Class<P> getPreprocessorSuperClass()

Returns the super class for the preprocessor parameter.

Returns:

the super class for the preprocessor parameter

getAssociationID

AssociationID<?> getAssociationID()

Returns the association ID for the association to be set by the preprocessor.

Returns:

the association ID for the association to be set by the preprocessor