1 /*
2 * Cell.java
3 *
4 * Created on April 4, 2006, 11:09 AM
5 *
6 * $Id: $
7 */
8 package org.lcsim.recon.cluster.localequivalence;
9
10 /**
11 * A cell with properties adapted to a nearest-neighbor clustering algorithm
12 * whose metric for "nearest" is based on value().
13 *
14 * @author Norman Graf
15 */
16 public abstract class Cell implements Comparable
17 {
18 /**
19 *
20 * @return A value for weighting multiple neighbors.
21 */
22 public abstract double value();
23
24 /**
25 *
26 * @return A unique identifier associated with this cell
27 */
28 public abstract long cellID();
29
30 /**
31 *
32 * @return A Cell to which this Cell points.
33 */
34 public abstract Cell pointsTo();
35
36 /**
37 *
38 * @param pointsto Assign a Cell to which this Cell points.
39 */
40 public abstract void pointsTo(Cell pointsto);
41
42 /**
43 *
44 * @param cell Assign a Cell which points to this Cell.
45 */
46 public abstract void pointedTo(Cell cell);
47
48 /**
49 *
50 * @return A Cell which points to this Cell.
51 */
52 public abstract Cell pointedTo();
53
54 }