de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.index.tree

Interface Entry

All Superinterfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DeLiCluEntry, DirectoryEntry, LeafEntry, MkAppEntry, MkCoPEntry, MkMaxEntry, MkTabEntry, MTreeEntry, RdKNNEntry, SpatialEntry

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDirectoryEntry, AbstractLeafEntry, DeLiCluDirectoryEntry, DeLiCluLeafEntry, MkAppDirectoryEntry, MkAppLeafEntry, MkCoPDirectoryEntry, MkCoPLeafEntry, MkMaxDirectoryEntry, MkMaxLeafEntry, MkTabDirectoryEntry, MkTabLeafEntry, MTreeDirectoryEntry, MTreeLeafEntry, RdKNNDirectoryEntry, RdKNNLeafEntry, SpatialDirectoryEntry, SpatialPointLeafEntry

public interface Entry
extends Externalizable

Defines the requirements for an entry in an index structure. An entry can represent a node or a data object.

Author:

Elke Achtert

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isLeafEntry() Returns true if this entry is an entry in a leaf node (i.e. this entry represents a data object), false otherwise.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Method Detail

isLeafEntry

boolean isLeafEntry()

Returns true if this entry is an entry in a leaf node (i.e. this entry represents a data object), false otherwise.

Returns:

true if this entry is an entry in a leaf node, false otherwise