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package com.rapidminer.tools.math.similarity;
/**
* This empty interface only indicates if a measure is more primary a
* similarity measure than a distance measure. Nevertheless both measure types
* have to implement both methods properly, so this interface is only for
* programmers orientation NOT for testing with instanceof!
*
* @author Sebastian Land
* @version $Id: SimilarityMeasure.java,v 1.4 2008/08/05 09:40:31 stiefelolm Exp $
*/
public abstract class SimilarityMeasure extends DistanceMeasure {
/**
* This method returns a boolean wheter this measure is a distance measure
* @return true if is distance
*/
public final boolean isDistance() {
return false;
}
}