org.openimaj.experiment.evaluation.retrieval

Interface RetrievalEngine<DOCUMENT extends Identifiable,QUERY>

Type Parameters:

DOCUMENT - Type of document being retrieved

QUERY - Type of query

All Known Subinterfaces:

IncrementalIndexer<DATA,RESULT,QUERY>

All Known Implementing Classes:

VLADIndexer

public interface RetrievalEngine<DOCUMENT extends Identifiable,QUERY>

Interface describing a retrieval engine

Author:

Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<DOCUMENT>	search(QUERY query) Search with the given query and return a ranked list of matching documents.

Method Detail

search

List<DOCUMENT> search(QUERY query)

Search with the given query and return a ranked list of matching documents.

Parameters:

query - the query

Returns:

the results of the search