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package com.rapidminer.operator.learner.clustering.constrained.constraints;
import com.rapidminer.operator.learner.clustering.Cluster;
import com.rapidminer.operator.learner.clustering.ClusterModel;
/**
* The interface for a cluster constraint.
*
* @author Alexander Daxenberger
* @version $Id: ClusterConstraint.java,v 1.7 2008/09/12 10:31:46 tobiasmalbrecht Exp $
*/
public interface ClusterConstraint extends Cloneable {
/**
* Returns true, if this constraint is violated for the given clusterModel
*
* @param clusterModel
*/
public boolean constraintViolated(ClusterModel clusterModel);
/**
* Returns true, if this constraint is violated for the given cluster
*
* @param cluster
*/
public boolean constraintViolated(Cluster cluster);
/**
* Returns the weight of this constraint (that possibly depends on
* the given clusterModel)
* @param clusterModel
*/
public double getConstraintWeight(ClusterModel clusterModel);
public ClusterConstraint clone();
}