com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.comparison

Interface ComparisonContextFactory<DC extends DescriptorComparator<D>,D extends Descriptor,T extends Serializable>

Type Parameters:

DC - Represented DescriptorComparator type

D - Bare form of suitable descriptor representation

T - Unguarded form base type

All Superinterfaces:

Guarded, MetricFactory<ComparisonContext<DC,D,T>>, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinaryVectorComparisonContextFactory<T>, FloatVectorComparisonContextFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryLongComparisonContextFactory, FloatsComparisonContextFactory, ScaledBytesFvComparisonContextFactory, ScaledShortsFvCoparisonContextFactory, SerializingComparisonContextFactory

@Beta
public interface ComparisonContextFactory<DC extends DescriptorComparator<D>,D extends Descriptor,T extends Serializable>
extends Serializable, Guarded, MetricFactory<ComparisonContext<DC,D,T>>

Creates comparison contexts.

An instance might be bounded to a specific DescriptorGenerator or to a specific GuardObject because it might encapsulate descriptor parameter related state.

Note that method exposing a DescriptorComparator is not present in this interface intentionally.

Note that certain implementations might expose Serializable as the unguarded form type. This is the case when the unguarded form depends on the underlying descriptor parameters (consider FvParameters.getNumericRepresentation() as an example.)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.Guarded

Guarded.EnsureThat, Guarded.New

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.chemaxon.descriptors.metrics.MetricFactory

MetricFactory.ToLinenote<C>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DescriptorSerializer<D>	descriptorSerializer() Associated descriptor serializer.
Class<? extends MetricFactory>	metricFactoryClass() Represented metric factory class.

Methods inherited from interface com.chemaxon.descriptors.common.Guarded

getGuardObject

Methods inherited from interface com.chemaxon.descriptors.metrics.MetricFactory

comparisonLinenote, defaultComparison

Method Detail

metricFactoryClass

Class<? extends MetricFactory> metricFactoryClass()

Represented metric factory class. The represented metric factory interface is expected to have a Description annotation.

Returns:

Represented metric factory

descriptorSerializer

DescriptorSerializer<D> descriptorSerializer()

Associated descriptor serializer.

Returns:

Descriptor serializer.