def init(cls, typ, class2type):
        """
        Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them
        @param typ
        @param class2type
        """
        field = typ.getField(cls.FIELD_NAME)
        class2type.put( StrStrHashMap , typ )
        typ.setComponentType( StrStrHashMap )
        typ.setImportExportHelper( StrStrHashMapSerializer(typ, field))
        typ.putValidator(field, Validator_object.get(1))
        typ.lock()
def __calculate_initial_covariances(self, initial_clusters):
        covariances = []
        for initial_cluster in initial_clusters:
            if len(initial_cluster) > 1:
                cluster_sample = [self.__sample[index_point] for index_point in initial_cluster]
                covariances.append(numpy.cov(cluster_sample, rowvar=False))
            else:
                dimension = len(self.__sample[0])
                covariances.append(numpy.zeros((dimension, dimension)) + random.random() / 10.0)