/*
* RapidMiner
*
* Copyright (C) 2001-2008 by Rapid-I and the contributors
*
* Complete list of developers available at our web site:
*
* http://rapid-i.com
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program 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
* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
*/
package com.rapidminer.operator.similarity.clustermodel;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorException;
import com.rapidminer.operator.learner.clustering.ClusterModel;
import com.rapidminer.operator.similarity.SimilarityMeasure;
/**
* Interface that represents a similarity that is based on a cluster model.
*
* @author Michael Wurst
* @version $Id: ClusterModelSimilarity.java,v 1.5 2008/09/12 10:32:25 tobiasmalbrecht Exp $
*/
public interface ClusterModelSimilarity extends SimilarityMeasure {
/**
* @param cm
* a cluster model
* @throws an
* OperatorException, if the given measure is not applicable. This is the case, e.g. if a measure for a hierarchical cluster model is
* applied to a flat cluster model.
*/
public void init(ClusterModel cm) throws OperatorException;
}