net.obsearch.index
Class OBVectorInt

java.lang.Object
  net.obsearch.index.OBVectorInt

All Implemented Interfaces:

net.obsearch.OB, OBInt, net.obsearch.Storable

public class OBVectorInt
extends Object
implements OBInt

L1 distance implementation for ints.

Author:

Arnoldo Jose Muller Molina

Constructor Summary

OBVectorInt()
Default constructor must be provided by every object that implements the interface OB.

OBVectorInt(int[] data)

OBVectorInt(Random r, int dim)
Creates a new vector with dim dimensions created by Random.nextInt()

Method Summary

int	distance(OBInt object) Calculates the similarity of "this" and "object".
boolean	equals(Object o)
void	load(byte[] input)
byte[]	store()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OBVectorInt

public OBVectorInt()

Default constructor must be provided by every object that implements the interface OB.

OBVectorInt

public OBVectorInt(int[] data)

OBVectorInt

public OBVectorInt(Random r,
                   int dim)

Creates a new vector with dim dimensions created by Random.nextInt()

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

distance

public int distance(OBInt object)
             throws net.obsearch.exception.OBException

Description copied from interface: OBInt

Calculates the similarity of "this" and "object". The function must satisfy the triangular inequality and return a int.

Specified by:

distance in interface OBInt

Parameters:

object - The object of type OBInt to be compared

Throws:

net.obsearch.exception.OBException - User generated exception

load

public void load(byte[] input)
          throws net.obsearch.exception.OBException,
                 IOException

Specified by:

load in interface net.obsearch.Storable

Throws:

net.obsearch.exception.OBException

IOException

store

public byte[] store()
             throws net.obsearch.exception.OBException,
                    IOException

Specified by:

store in interface net.obsearch.Storable

Throws:

net.obsearch.exception.OBException

IOException