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package com.rapidminer.operator.learner.clustering;
/**
* Represents a mutable cluster node.
*
* @author Michael Wurst, Ingo Mierswa
* @version $Id: MutableClusterNode.java,v 1.5 2008/09/12 10:30:29 tobiasmalbrecht Exp $
*/
public interface MutableClusterNode extends ClusterNode, MutableCluster {
/**
* Add a subcluster to this cluster.
*
* @param clusterNode
* the node to add
*/
public void addSubNode(ClusterNode clusterNode);
/**
* Insert a cluster node at the specified position.
*
* @param clusterNode
* the cluster node
* @param index
* the target position at whicht the node is stored
*/
public void insertSubNodeAt(ClusterNode clusterNode, int index);
/**
* Set the weight of the node.
*
* @param weight
* a weight
*/
public void setWeight(double weight);
/**
* Remove a sub node.
*
* @param node
* the node to remove
*/
public void removeSubNode(ClusterNode node);
/**
* Remove a sub node at a given position
*
* @param index
* the position of the node
*/
public void removeSubNodeAt(int index);
/**
* Get the number of subnodes.
*
* @return the number of subnodes.
*/
public int getNumberOfSubNodes();
}