de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.parser
Interface DistanceParser<O extends DatabaseObject,D extends Distance<D>>

Type Parameters:

O - object type

D - distance type

All Superinterfaces:

Parameterizable, Parser<O>

All Known Implementing Classes:

NumberDistanceParser

public interface DistanceParser<O extends DatabaseObject,D extends Distance<D>>
extends Parser<O>

A DistanceParser shall provide a DistanceParsingResult by parsing an InputStream.

Author:

Arthur Zimek

Method Summary

DistanceFunction<O,D>	getDistanceFunction() Returns the distance function of this parser.
DistanceParsingResult<O,D>	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.

Methods inherited from interface de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.Parameterizable

checkGlobalParameterConstraints, collectOptions, getParameters, setParameters, shortDescription

Method Detail

getDistanceFunction

DistanceFunction<O,D> getDistanceFunction()

Returns the distance function of this parser.

Returns:

the distance function of this parser

parse

DistanceParsingResult<O,D> 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.

Specified by:

parse in interface Parser<O extends DatabaseObject>

Parameters:

in - the stream to parse objects from

Returns:

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