DistanceCalculator (ProCAKE Framework 4.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- de.uni_trier.wi2.procake.similarity.base.impl.distance.DistanceCalculator

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChronologicDistanceCalculator, ChronologicIntervalDistanceCalculator, EnumerationDistanceCalculator, NumericDistanceCalculator, NumericIntervalDistanceCalculator, StringIntervalDistanceCalculator
```
public abstract class DistanceCalculator
extends Object
```
This class calculates the distance between two value and the maximum distance for this class

Author:

Rainer Maximini

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected DistanceCalculator(DataClass dataClass)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`DataClass`	`getDataClass()`
`abstract double`	`getDistance(DataObject queryObject, DataObject caseObject)`
`static DistanceCalculator`	`getDistanceCalculatorFor(DataClass dataClass)`
`abstract double`	`getMaxDistance()`
`protected void`	`setDataClass(DataClass dataClass)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DistanceCalculator

protected DistanceCalculator(DataClass dataClass)

Method Detail

getDistanceCalculatorFor

public static DistanceCalculator getDistanceCalculatorFor(DataClass dataClass)

getDataClass
```
public DataClass getDataClass()
```

setDataClass

protected void setDataClass(DataClass dataClass)

getDistance

public abstract double getDistance(DataObject queryObject,
                                   DataObject caseObject)

getMaxDistance

public abstract double getMaxDistance()