de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance
Class NumberDistance<D extends NumberDistance<D>>

java.lang.Object
  de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable
      de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.AbstractDistance<D>
          de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.NumberDistance<D>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Distance<D>, Loggable, Externalizable, Serializable, Comparable<D>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BitDistance, DoubleDistance, FloatDistance, IntegerDistance

public abstract class NumberDistance<D extends NumberDistance<D>>
extends AbstractDistance<D>

Provides a Distance for a number-valued distance.

Author:

Elke Achtert

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable

debug

Constructor Summary

NumberDistance()

Method Summary

String	description() Returns a String as description of this Distance.
abstract double	getDoubleValue() Returns the double value of this distance.

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.AbstractDistance

equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.logging.AbstractLoggable

debugFine, debugFiner, debugFinest, exception, message, progress, progress, progress, verbose, verbose, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.Distance

externalizableSize, minus, plus, toString

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Constructor Detail

NumberDistance

public NumberDistance()

Method Detail

description

public String description()

Description copied from interface: Distance

Returns a String as description of this Distance.

Returns:

a String as description of this Distance

See Also:

Distance

getDoubleValue

public abstract double getDoubleValue()

Returns the double value of this distance.

Returns:

the double value of this distance