ostore.oil
Interface SegmentedModel.Segment

All Superinterfaces:

QueueElementIF, QuickSerializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

HMM.Segment, SemanticDistanceModel.Segment

Enclosing interface:

SegmentedModel

public static interface SegmentedModel.Segment

extends QueueElementIF, QuickSerializable

A single, tagged portion of the global Model state. The contents and structure of s Segment may vary widely, depending on the particular Model.

Version:

$Id: SegmentedModel.java,v 1.9 2002/07/22 20:54:53 srhea Exp $

Author:

Dennis Geels

See Also:

HMM.Segment

Method Summary

QuickSerializable

id() Returns the unique ID for this Segment.

Methods inherited from interface ostore.util.QuickSerializable

serialize

Method Detail

id

public QuickSerializable id()

Returns the unique ID for this Segment. This ID serves as the only key identifying a Segment - Segment.equals should never be called. (Segment.id()).equals and (Segment.id()).hashCode, however, may be called quite often. Avoid using QuickSerializable IDs for which those methods are expensive.

Returns:

the unique ID for this Segment.