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package com.analog.lyric.dimple.solvers.gibbs.samplers.conjugate;
import java.util.List;
import com.analog.lyric.dimple.data.IDatum;
import com.analog.lyric.dimple.solvers.core.parameterizedMessages.IParameterizedMessage;
import com.analog.lyric.dimple.solvers.gibbs.samplers.ISampler;
import com.analog.lyric.dimple.solvers.interfaces.ISolverEdgeState;
/**
* Base interface for conjugate samplers
* <p>
* @since 0.08
* @author Christopher Barber
*/
public interface IConjugateSampler extends ISampler
{
IParameterizedMessage createParameterMessage();
/**
* Note: previous version of this method used Ports instead of edges and a single input object.
* @since 0.08
*/
void aggregateParameters(IParameterizedMessage aggregateParameters,
ISolverEdgeState[] edges,
List<? extends IDatum> inputs);
}