package at.lux.imageanalysis;
/*
* This file is part of Caliph & Emir.
*
* Caliph & Emir is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Caliph & Emir is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Caliph & Emir; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
* Copyright statement:
* --------------------
* (c) 2002-2005 by Mathias Lux (mathias@juggle.at)
* http://www.juggle.at, http://caliph-emir.sourceforge.net
*/
/**
* This file is part of Caliph & Emir
* Date: 01.11.2005
* Time: 21:32:50
*
* @author Mathias Lux, mathias@juggle.at
*/
public interface VisualDescriptor {
/**
* List available types:
*/
enum Type {ColorLayout, ScalableColor, EdgeHistogram, DominantColor};
/**
* Compares one descriptor to another.
*
* @param descriptor
* @return the distance from [0,infinite) or -1 if descriptor type does not match
*/
float getDistance(VisualDescriptor descriptor);
/**
* Creates a String representation from the descriptor.
* @return the descriptor as String.
*/
public String getStringRepresentation();
/**
* Sets the descriptor value from a String.
* @param descriptor the descriptor as String.
*/
public void setStringRepresentation(String descriptor);
}