// indexEntry.java
// (C) 2006 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@anomic.de, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
// first published 20.05.2006 on http://www.anomic.de
//
// This is a part of YaCy, a peer-to-peer based web search engine
//
// $LastChangedDate: 2006-04-02 22:40:07 +0200 (So, 02 Apr 2006) $
// $LastChangedRevision: 1986 $
// $LastChangedBy: orbiter $
//
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package de.anomic.index;

import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroRow;

public interface indexEntry {

    public Object clone();
    public String toEncodedStringForm();
    public byte[] toEncodedByteArrayForm(); // shall be replaced by toKelondroEntry()
    public String toPropertyForm();
    public kelondroRow.Entry toKelondroEntry();
    
    public String getUrlHash();
    public void combineDistance(indexEntry oe);
    public int worddistance();
    public void min(indexEntry other);
    public void max(indexEntry other);
    public void normalize(indexEntry min, indexEntry max);
    public indexEntry generateNormalized(indexEntry min, indexEntry max);
    public boolean isNewer(indexEntry other);
    public boolean isOlder(indexEntry other);
   
}