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| package net.sf.taverna.t2.partition; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for classes which can partition a set of objects into subsets according |
| * to some embedded partitioning rule |
| * |
| * @author Tom Oinn |
| * @author Stuart Owen |
| * |
| * @param ValueType |
| * the java type of values used to represent the distinct partitions |
| * created by this algorithm, in many cases these will be primitive |
| * java types such as String but they could represent ranges of |
| * values in the case of binning of continuous quantities etc. |
| */ |
| public interface PartitionAlgorithm<ValueType> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Given an object to classify return the value of the partition into which |
| * the object falls. |
| * |
| * @param newItem |
| * @return |
| */ |
| ValueType allocate(Object newItem, PropertyExtractorRegistry reg); |
| |
| } |