de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.parser
Interface Parser<O extends DatabaseObject>

Type Parameters:

O - object type

All Superinterfaces:

Parameterizable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DistanceParser<O,D>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractParser, BitVectorLabelParser, DoubleVectorLabelParser, DoubleVectorLabelTransposingParser, DoubleVectorProjectionParser, DoubleVectorRandomProjectionParser, FloatVectorLabelParser, MetaParser, NumberDistanceParser, NumberVectorLabelParser, ParameterizationFunctionLabelParser, ProjectionParser, RandomProjectionParser, SparseBitVectorLabelParser, SparseFloatVectorLabelParser, SparseFloatVectorProjectionParser, SparseFloatVectorRandomProjectionParser

public interface Parser<O extends DatabaseObject>
extends Parameterizable

A Parser shall provide a ParsingResult by parsing an InputStream.

Author:

Arthur Zimek

Method Summary

ParsingResult<O>

parse(InputStream in) Returns a list of the objects parsed from the specified input stream and a list of the labels associated with the objects.

Method Detail

parse

ParsingResult<O> parse(InputStream in)

Returns a list of the objects parsed from the specified input stream and a list of the labels associated with the objects.

Parameters:

in - the stream to parse objects from

Returns:

a list containing those objects parsed from the input stream and their associated labels.