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package elki.index.tree.spatial.rstarvariants.strategies.reinsert;

import elki.data.spatial.SpatialComparable;
import elki.utilities.datastructures.arraylike.ArrayAdapter;

/**
 * Reinsertion strategy to resolve overflows in the RStarTree.
 * 
 * @author Erich Schubert
 * @since 0.5.0
 */
public interface ReinsertStrategy {
  /**
   * Perform reinsertions.
   * 
   * @param entries Entries in overflowing node
   * @param getter Adapter for the entries array
   * @param page Spatial extend of the page
   * @return index of pages to reinsert.
   */
  <A> int[] computeReinserts(A entries, ArrayAdapter<? extends SpatialComparable, ? super A> getter, SpatialComparable page);
}
