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

Type Parameters:

P - Preprocessor type

O - the type of DatabaseObject handled by the Preprocessor used by this PreprocessorClient

All Known Subinterfaces:

LocalPCAPreprocessorBasedDistanceFunction<O,P,D>, PreprocessorBasedDistanceFunction<O,P,D>, 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>

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.
Class<?>	getDefaultPreprocessorClass() 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.

Method Detail

getDefaultPreprocessorClass

Class<?> getDefaultPreprocessorClass()

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