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package org.societies.personalisation.preference.api.model;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* @author Elizabeth
* @version 1.0
* @created 08-Nov-2011 14:02:56
*/
public interface IQualityofPreference {
/**
* Retrieves how many times the outcome has been aborted
* @return
*/
public int getAbortedCounter();
/**
* Retrieves the Date the outcome was last aborted
* @return the last aborted Date
*/
public Date getLastAborted();
/**
* get the Date an outcome was last learnt
* @return the Date
*/
public Date getLastModified();
/**
* Retrieves the Date the outcome was last successfully implemented
* @return
*/
public Date getLastSuccess();
/**
* Retrieves how many times the outcome has been successfully implemented
* @return the successCounter
*/
public int getSuccessCounter();
/**
* increases the abortedCounter by level
*
* @param level by how much to increase the abortedCounter
*/
public void increaseAbortedCounter(int level);
/**
* increases the counter for successful implementations by level
*
* @param level by how much to increase the successCounter
*/
public void increaseSuccessCounter(int level);
/**
* Changes the Date the outcome was last aborted
*
* @param lastAborted the Date last aborted
*/
public void setLastAborted(Date lastAborted);
/**
* set the Date an outcome was last learnt
*
* @param lastModified lastModified
*/
public void setLastModified(Date lastModified);
/**
* Changes the date the outcome was last successfully implemented
*
* @param lastSuccess lastSuccess
*/
public void setLastSuccess(Date lastSuccess);
}