/*
Copyright 2008-2010 Gephi
Authors : Eduardo Ramos <eduramiba@gmail.com>
Website : http://www.gephi.org
This file is part of Gephi.
Gephi is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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*/
package org.gephi.datalab.spi.columns.merge;
import org.gephi.data.attributes.api.AttributeColumn;
import org.gephi.data.attributes.api.AttributeTable;
import org.gephi.datalab.spi.Manipulator;
/**
* <p>Service for defining strategies for merging attribute columns of a table.</p>
* <p>Has the same interface as a manipulator.</p>
* @see Manipulator
* @author Eduardo Ramos <eduramiba@gmail.com>
*/
public interface AttributeColumnsMergeStrategy extends Manipulator{
/**
* Prepare columns (with their table) for this merge strategy.
* At least <b>1</b> column will be set up to merge always.
* @param table Table of the columns
* @param columns Columns to merge
*/
void setup(AttributeTable table, AttributeColumn[] columns);
}