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-package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancevalue;
-
-/*
- This file is part of ELKI:
- Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures
-
- Copyright (C) 2013
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme
- ELKI Development Team
-
- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-import java.io.Externalizable;
-
-/**
- * The interface Distance defines the requirements of any instance class.
- * 
- * See {@link de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.DistanceUtil} for related utility
- * functions such as <code>min</code>, <code>max</code>.
- * 
- * @author Arthur Zimek
- * 
- * @see de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.DistanceUtil
- * 
- * @apiviz.landmark
- * 
- * @param <D> the type of Distance used
- */
-public interface Distance<D extends Distance<D>> extends Comparable<D>, Externalizable {
-  /**
-   * Any implementing class should implement a proper toString-method for
-   * printing the result-values.
-   * 
-   * @return String a human-readable representation of the Distance
-   */
-  @Override
-  String toString();
-
-  /**
-   * Provides a measurement suitable to this measurement function based on the
-   * given pattern.
-   * 
-   * @param pattern a pattern defining a similarity suitable to this measurement
-   *        function
-   * @return a measurement suitable to this measurement function based on the
-   *         given pattern
-   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given pattern is not compatible
-   *         with the requirements of this measurement function
-   */
-  D parseString(String pattern) throws IllegalArgumentException;
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a String as description of the required input format.
-   * 
-   * @return a String as description of the required input format
-   */
-  String requiredInputPattern();
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the number of Bytes this distance uses if it is written to an
-   * external file.
-   * 
-   * @return the number of Bytes this distance uses if it is written to an
-   *         external file
-   */
-  int externalizableSize();
-
-  /**
-   * Provides an infinite distance.
-   * 
-   * @return an infinite distance
-   */
-  D infiniteDistance();
-
-  /**
-   * Provides a null distance.
-   * 
-   * @return a null distance
-   */
-  D nullDistance();
-
-  /**
-   * Provides an undefined distance.
-   * 
-   * @return an undefined distance
-   */
-  D undefinedDistance();
-
-  /**
-   * Returns true, if the distance is an infinite distance, false otherwise.
-   * 
-   * @return true, if the distance is an infinite distance, false otherwise
-   */
-  boolean isInfiniteDistance();
-
-  /**
-   * Returns true, if the distance is a null distance, false otherwise.
-   * 
-   * @return true, if the distance is a null distance, false otherwise
-   */
-  boolean isNullDistance();
-
-  /**
-   * Returns true, if the distance is an undefined distance, false otherwise.
-   * 
-   * @return true, if the distance is an undefined distance, false otherwise
-   */
-  boolean isUndefinedDistance();
-}
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