package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.ids;
/*
This file is part of ELKI:
Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures
Copyright (C) 2012
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
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*/
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancevalue.Distance;
/**
* Pair containing a distance an an object ID
*
* Note: there is no getter for the object, as this is a {@link DBIDRef}.
*
* @author Erich Schubert
*
* @param Distance
*/
public interface DistanceDBIDPair> extends DBIDRef {
/**
* Get the distance.
*
* @return Distance
*/
public D getDistance();
/**
* Compare to another result, by distance, smaller first.
*
* @param other Other result
* @return Comparison result
*/
public int compareByDistance(DistanceDBIDPair other);
}