Interface ItemDistance
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GeometryItemDistance
public interface ItemDistance
A function method which computes the distance between twoItemBoundable
s in anSTRtree
. Used for Nearest Neighbour searches.- Author:
- Martin Davis
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description double
distance(ItemBoundable item1, ItemBoundable item2)
Computes the distance between two items.
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Method Detail
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distance
double distance(ItemBoundable item1, ItemBoundable item2)
Computes the distance between two items.- Parameters:
item1
-item2
-- Returns:
- the distance between the items
- Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
- if the metric is not applicable to the arguments
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