com.chemaxon.descriptors.alignment
Interface ShapeComparator<T extends ShapeDescriptor>

All Superinterfaces:

DescriptorComparator<T>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractShapeComparator

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

Author:

Adrian Kalaszi

Method Summary

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

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 DescriptorGenerator.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