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package org.infinispan.dataplacement.c50.keyfeature;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Represents an interface for a key feature
*
* @author Pedro Ruivo
* @since 5.2
*/
public interface Feature extends Serializable {
/**
* returns the feature name
*
* @return the feature name
*/
String getName();
/**
* returns the classes for the machine learner, corresponding to this feature (attribute)
*
* @return the classes for the machine learner
*/
String[] getMachineLearnerClasses();
/**
* creates a feature value of the type of this attribute
*
* @param value the value
* @return the feature value corresponding to {@code value}
*/
FeatureValue createFeatureValue(Object value);
/**
* creates a feature value from the value parsed from the decision tree
*
* @param value the value
* @return the feature value corresponding to {@code value}
*/
FeatureValue featureValueFromParser(String value);
}