org.dice_research.squirrel.deduplication.hashing

Interface HashValue

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayHashValue

public interface HashValue
extends Serializable

An abstract representation of a hash value computed by a TripleSetHashFunction. It can be encoded to a String, and it can be decoded from a String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HashValue	decodeFromString(String s) Decode a HashValue from the given String.
String	encodeToString() Encode to String in order to easily store in a database.

Method Detail

encodeToString

String encodeToString()

Encode to String in order to easily store in a database.

Returns:

The encoded String.

decodeFromString

HashValue decodeFromString(String s)

Decode a HashValue from the given String. This is necessary when you load a hash from a database.

Parameters:

s - The given String representation.

Returns:

The decoded HashValue.