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034package org.openimaj.feature;
035
036/**
037 * Comparison/distance methods for ShortFV objects.
038 * 
039 * @author Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
040 */
041public interface ShortFVComparator extends FVComparator<ShortFV> {
042        /**
043         * Compare two feature vectors in the form of native arrays, 
044         * returning a score or distance.
045         * 
046         * @param h1 the first feature array
047         * @param h2 the second feature array
048         * @return a score or distance
049         */     
050        public abstract double compare(short[] h1, short[] h2);
051}