package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancefunction;
/*
This file is part of ELKI:
Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures
Copyright (C) 2015
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme
ELKI Development Team
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*/
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.query.distance.DistanceQuery;
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.index.Index;
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.OptionID;
/**
* Distance function relying on an index (such as preprocessed neighborhoods).
*
* @author Erich Schubert
*
* @apiviz.landmark
* @apiviz.stereotype factory
* @apiviz.has Instance oneway - - «create»
*
* @param Object type
*/
public interface IndexBasedDistanceFunction extends DistanceFunction {
/**
* OptionID for the index parameter
*/
public static final OptionID INDEX_ID = new OptionID("distancefunction.index", "Distance index to use.");
/**
* Instance interface for Index based distance functions.
*
* @author Erich Schubert
*
* @param Object type
*/
public static interface Instance extends DistanceQuery {
/**
* Get the index used.
*
* @return the index used
*/
public I getIndex();
}
}