dnet-dedup/dnet-pace-core/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/pace/condition/ConditionAlgo.java

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package eu.dnetlib.pace.condition;
import java.util.List;
import eu.dnetlib.pace.distance.eval.ConditionEvalMap;
import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.Document;
import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.FieldDef;
/**
* Allows to express general necessaryConditions to be satisfied or not between two Documents.
*
* @author claudio
*/
public interface ConditionAlgo {
/**
* Verify a condition.
*
* @param a
* the Document a
* @param b
* the Document b
* @return 0 when condition cannot be verified (ignoremissing = true). Positive int when the condition is verified. Negative int when
* the condition is not verified.
*/
public abstract ConditionEvalMap verify(Document a, Document b);
}