com.chemaxon.descriptors.alignment

Interface ShapeComparator<T extends ShapeDescriptor>

All Superinterfaces:

DescriptorComparator<T>, Guarded, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractShapeComparator

@PublicAPI
public interface ShapeComparator<T extends ShapeDescriptor>
extends DescriptorComparator<T>

Author:

Adrian Kalaszi

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.Guarded

Guarded.EnsureThat, Guarded.New

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ShapeComparisonResult	compare(byte[] target, byte[] query) Compare two descriptors in serialized form.
ShapeComparisonResult	compare(T target, T query) Compare two descriptors.

Methods inherited from interface com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.DescriptorComparator

calculateDissimilarity, calculateDissimilarity, calculateSimilarity, calculateSimilarity, getLowerBound, getMetricMetadata, getUpperBound, unguardedContext

Methods inherited from interface com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.Guarded

getGuardObject

Method Detail

compare

ShapeComparisonResult compare(T target,
                              T query)

Description copied from interface: DescriptorComparator

Compare two descriptors.

Please note that some implementation might return a result object containing additional data related to the compariosn results.

Specified by:

compare in interface DescriptorComparator<T extends ShapeDescriptor>

Parameters:

target - Target descriptor

query - Query descriptor

Returns:

Comparison result wrapper

compare

ShapeComparisonResult compare(byte[] target,
                              byte[] query)

Description copied from interface: DescriptorComparator

Compare two descriptors in serialized form.

Please note that some implementation might return a result object containing additional data related to the compariosn results. This method's functionality is equivalent to comparing (with DescriptorComparator.compare(com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.Descriptor, com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.Descriptor)) deserialized (by DescriptorSerializer.fromByteArray(byte[])) descriptors.

Specified by:

compare in interface DescriptorComparator<T extends ShapeDescriptor>

Parameters:

target - Target descriptor in its serialized form

query - Query descriptor in its serialized form

Returns:

Comparison result wrapper