de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.data
Interface FeatureVector<V extends FeatureVector<V,D>,D>

Type Parameters:

V - Vector class

D - Data type

All Superinterfaces:

DatabaseObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

NumberVector<V,N>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNumberVector, BitVector, DoubleVector, FloatVector, ParameterizationFunction, SparseFloatVector

public interface FeatureVector<V extends FeatureVector<V,D>,D>
extends DatabaseObject

Generic FeatureVector class that can contain any type of data (i.e. numerical or categorical attributes). See NumberVector for vectors that actually store numerical features.

Author:

Erich Schubert

Method Summary

int	getDimensionality() The dimensionality of the vector space where of this FeatureVector of V is an element.
D	getValue(int dimension) Returns the value in the specified dimension.
V	newInstance(D[] values) Returns a new FeatureVector of V for the given values.
V	newInstance(List<D> values) Returns a new FeatureVector of V for the given values.
String	toString() Returns a String representation of the FeatureVector of V as a line that is suitable to be printed in a sequential file.

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.data.DatabaseObject

equals, getID, setID

Method Detail

newInstance

V newInstance(D[] values)

Returns a new FeatureVector of V for the given values.

Parameters:

values - the values of the featureVector

Returns:

a new FeatureVector of V for the given values

newInstance

V newInstance(List<D> values)

Returns a new FeatureVector of V for the given values.

Parameters:

values - the values of the featureVector

Returns:

a new FeatureVector of V for the given values

getDimensionality

int getDimensionality()

The dimensionality of the vector space where of this FeatureVector of V is an element.

Returns:

the number of dimensions of this FeatureVector of V

getValue

D getValue(int dimension)

Returns the value in the specified dimension.

Parameters:

dimension - the desired dimension, where 1 ≤ dimension ≤ this.getDimensionality()

Returns:

the value in the specified dimension

toString

String toString()

Returns a String representation of the FeatureVector of V as a line that is suitable to be printed in a sequential file.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a String representation of the FeatureVector of V