IMeasurement.java

/**
 *  Filename: IMeasurement.java (in org.repin.base.core)
 *  This file is part of the Redpin project.
 * 
 *  Redpin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *
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 *
 *  (c) Copyright ETH Zurich, Pascal Brogle, Philipp Bolliger, 2010, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
 * 
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 */
package org.redpin.base.core;

import org.redpin.base.core.Measurement;

/**
 * Interface for measurement
 * 
 * @author Pascal Brogle (broglep@student.ethz.ch)
 *
 */
public interface IMeasurement {
	
	/**
	 * computes the achieved accuracy level of a measurement compared to the
	 * current one
	 * 
	 * @param m Measurement
	 * @return computed similarity level
	 */
	public int similarityLevel(Measurement m);
	
	/**
	 * returns a boolean whether a measurement is considered to be similar or not
	 * to the current measurement
	 *
	 * @param m Measurement
	 * @return true if considered similar
	 */
	public boolean isSimilar(Measurement m);
}