package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.query.rknn;

/*
 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

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import java.util.List;

import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.ids.ArrayDBIDs;
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.ids.DBIDRef;
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.ids.distance.DistanceDBIDList;
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.database.query.DatabaseQuery;
import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancevalue.Distance;

/**
 * Abstract reverse kNN Query interface.
 * 
 * @author Erich Schubert
 * 
 * @apiviz.uses DistanceDBIDList oneway - - «create»
 * 
 * @param <O> Object type
 * @param <D> Distance type
 */
public interface RKNNQuery<O, D extends Distance<D>> extends DatabaseQuery {
  /**
   * Get the reverse k nearest neighbors for a particular id.
   * 
   * @param id query object ID
   * @param k number of neighbors requested
   * @return reverse k nearest neighbors
   */
  public DistanceDBIDList<D> getRKNNForDBID(DBIDRef id, int k);

  /**
   * Get the reverse k nearest neighbors for a particular object.
   * 
   * @param obj query object instance
   * @param k number of neighbors requested
   * @return reverse k nearest neighbors
   */
  public DistanceDBIDList<D> getRKNNForObject(O obj, int k);

  /**
   * Bulk query method for reverse k nearest neighbors for ids.
   * 
   * @param ids query object IDs
   * @param k number of neighbors requested
   * @return reverse k nearest neighbors
   */
  public List<? extends DistanceDBIDList<D>> getRKNNForBulkDBIDs(ArrayDBIDs ids, int k);
}