de.dfki.mycbr.core.similarity
Class Similarity

java.lang.Object
  de.dfki.mycbr.core.similarity.Similarity

public class Similarity
extends java.lang.Object

Represents similarity values. Similarity values should be within the range [0.00, 1.00] and are rounded to 2 digits after the decimal point. If the value is not within the given range, the similarity value is represented by the string NaN. The double value of this similarity is usually set to -1.00 and referred to as an invalid similarity.

Author:

myCBR Team

Field Summary

static Similarity

INVALID_SIM

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Similarity sim) Compares this to another similarity.
static Similarity	get(java.lang.Double d) Initializes this with d
double	getRoundedValue() Rounds the value of this similarity to two decimal digits
double	getValue() Get the value of this similarity
java.lang.String	toString() Returns string representation of this similarity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INVALID_SIM

public static final Similarity INVALID_SIM

Method Detail

get

public static Similarity get(java.lang.Double d)

Initializes this with d

Parameters:

d - value of this similarity

getRoundedValue

public double getRoundedValue()

Rounds the value of this similarity to two decimal digits

getValue

public double getValue()

Get the value of this similarity

Returns:

the value of this similarity

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns string representation of this similarity. If the given value lies within the range [0.00;1.00] returns Double.toString() else NaN.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String representing the value of this similarity

equals

public boolean equals(Similarity sim)

Compares this to another similarity.

Returns:

true, if double value is equal, false otherwise