mobios.dist
Interface WeightMatrix

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SymmetricSubstitutionWeightMatrix

public interface WeightMatrix
extends Serializable

A WeightMatrix is the substitution matrix of an Alphabetof Symbol objects. It defines the distance between each pair of Symbols of the Alphabet. Using a WeightMatrix, a weighted edit distance metric can be defined onSequence or Fragment objects.

Version:

2004.03.02

Author:

Jack, Rui Mao, Weijia Xu, Willard

Method Summary

Alphabet	getAlphabet()
double	getDistance(Symbol one, Symbol two)

Method Detail

getAlphabet

Alphabet getAlphabet()

Returns:

the Alphabet over which this matrix is defined.

getDistance

double getDistance(Symbol one,
                   Symbol two)

Returns:

the distance between two Symbol objects in the Alphabet over which this matrix is defined.