de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction

Class AbstractVectorDoubleDistanceFunction

java.lang.Object

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>

de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractVectorDoubleDistanceFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

DistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>, PrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>, PrimitiveDoubleDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>>, InspectionUtilFrequentlyScanned, Parameterizable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractCosineDistanceFunction, AbstractEditDistanceFunction, DimensionSelectingLatLngDistanceFunction, HistogramIntersectionDistanceFunction, LatLngDistanceFunction, LCSSDistanceFunction, LngLatDistanceFunction, LPNormDistanceFunction, MinimumDistanceFunction, PearsonCorrelationDistanceFunction, SquaredEuclideanDistanceFunction, SquaredPearsonCorrelationDistanceFunction, WeightedDistanceFunction, WeightedPearsonCorrelationDistanceFunction, WeightedSquaredEuclideanDistanceFunction, WeightedSquaredPearsonCorrelationDistanceFunction

public abstract class AbstractVectorDoubleDistanceFunction
extends AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>
implements PrimitiveDoubleDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>>

Abstract base class for the most common family of distance functions: defined on number vectors and returning double values.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractVectorDoubleDistanceFunction() Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DoubleDistance	distance(NumberVector<?,?> o1, NumberVector<?,?> o2) Computes the distance between two given DatabaseObjects according to this distance function.
DoubleDistance	getDistanceFactory() Method to get the distance functions factory.
SimpleTypeInformation<? super NumberVector<?,?>>	getInputTypeRestriction() Get the input data type of the function.

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction

instantiate, isMetric, isSymmetric

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.PrimitiveDoubleDistanceFunction

doubleDistance

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction.DistanceFunction

instantiate, isMetric, isSymmetric

Constructor Detail

AbstractVectorDoubleDistanceFunction

public AbstractVectorDoubleDistanceFunction()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getInputTypeRestriction

public SimpleTypeInformation<? super NumberVector<?,?>> getInputTypeRestriction()

Description copied from interface: DistanceFunction

Get the input data type of the function.

Specified by:

getInputTypeRestriction in interface DistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>

Specified by:

getInputTypeRestriction in interface PrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>

Returns:

Type restriction

distance

public final DoubleDistance distance(NumberVector<?,?> o1,
                      NumberVector<?,?> o2)

Description copied from interface: PrimitiveDistanceFunction

Computes the distance between two given DatabaseObjects according to this distance function.

Specified by:

distance in interface PrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>

Specified by:

distance in class AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>

Parameters:

o1 - first DatabaseObject

o2 - second DatabaseObject

Returns:

the distance between two given DatabaseObjects according to this distance function

getDistanceFactory

public DoubleDistance getDistanceFactory()

Description copied from interface: DistanceFunction

Method to get the distance functions factory.

Specified by:

getDistanceFactory in interface DistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>

Specified by:

getDistanceFactory in class AbstractPrimitiveDistanceFunction<NumberVector<?,?>,DoubleDistance>

Returns:

Factory for distance objects