001    package jcolibri.method.retrieve.NNretrieval.similarity.local.textual.compressionbased;
002    
003    /**
004     * Interface that defines a function for returning the size of a string after compression.
005     *
006     * @author Derek Bridge
007     * 18/05/07 
008     * 
009     */
010    public interface ICompressor
011    {
012            /**
013             * Returns the size of a string after compression.
014             * @param s the string to be compressed
015             * @return the size of the string after compression
016             */
017            public int getCompressedSize(String s);
018    }