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package com.rapidminer.example.set;
/**
* Creates partitions from ratio arrays. Subclasses might shuffle the examples
* before building the partition or apply stratification. The delivered
* partitions consist of an array of integer values with the same length as the
* given size. For each element the integer defines the number of the partition
* for this element. Numbering starts with 0.
*
* @author Ingo Mierswa
* @version $Id: PartitionBuilder.java,v 1.3 2008/05/09 19:22:49 ingomierswa Exp $
*/
public interface PartitionBuilder {
/**
* Creates a partition from the given ratios. Size is the number of
* elements, i.e. the number of examples.
*/
public int[] createPartition(double[] ratio, int size);
}