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package com.rapidminer.operator.condition;
import com.rapidminer.operator.IllegalInputException;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorChain;
import com.rapidminer.operator.WrongNumberOfInnerOperatorsException;
/**
* InnerOperatorConditions can be used to define conditions on the in- and
* output behaviour of the inner operators of an operator chain.
*
* @author Ingo Mierswa
* @version $Id: InnerOperatorCondition.java,v 2.2 2006/03/21 15:35:42
* ingomierswa Exp $
*/
public interface InnerOperatorCondition {
/**
* Checks if the condition is fulfilled in the given operator chain. Throws
* an exception if it is not fullfilled.
*/
public Class[] checkIO(OperatorChain chain, Class[] input) throws IllegalInputException, WrongNumberOfInnerOperatorsException;
/** Returns a HTML string representation of this condition. */
public String toHTML();
}