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+package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.index.tree.metrical.mtreevariants.mktrees.mkmax;
+/*
+This file is part of ELKI:
+Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures
+
+Copyright (C) 2011
+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 de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancevalue.Distance;
+import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.index.tree.metrical.mtreevariants.MTreeEntry;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the requirements for an entry in an
+ * {@link de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.index.tree.metrical.mtreevariants.mktrees.mkmax.MkMaxTreeNode}.
+ * Additionally to an entry in an M-Tree an MkMaxEntry holds the k-nearest neighbor distance of the underlying
+ * data object or MkMax-Tree node.
+ *
+ * @author Elke Achtert
+ * @param <D> the type of Distance used in the MkMaxTree
+ */
+interface MkMaxEntry<D extends Distance<D>> extends MTreeEntry<D> {
+  /**
+   * Returns the knn distance of the entry.
+   *
+   * @return the knn distance of the entry
+   */
+  public D getKnnDistance();
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the knn distance of the entry.
+   *
+   * @param knnDistance the knn distance to be set
+   */
+  public void setKnnDistance(D knnDistance);
+}