/*
* File: Vectorizable.java
* Authors: Justin Basilico and Kevin R. Dixon
* Company: Sandia National Laboratories
* Project: Cognitive Foundry
*
* Copyright February 21, 2006, Sandia Corporation. Under the terms of Contract
* DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a non-exclusive license for use of this work by
* or on behalf of the U.S. Government. Export of this program may require a
* license from the United States Government. See CopyrightHistory.txt for
* complete details.
*
*/
package gov.sandia.cognition.math.matrix;
import gov.sandia.cognition.annotation.CodeReview;
import gov.sandia.cognition.util.CloneableSerializable;
/**
* The Vectorizable interface is an interface for an object that can be
* converted to and from a Vector.
*
* @author Justin Basilico
* @author Kevin R. Dixon
* @since 1.0
*/
@CodeReview(
reviewer="Jonathan McClain",
date="2006-05-17",
changesNeeded=false,
comments="Looks fine."
)
public interface Vectorizable
extends CloneableSerializable
{
public Vectorizable clone();
/**
* Converts the object to a vector.
*
* @return The Vector form of the object.
*/
public Vector convertToVector();
/**
* Converts the object from a Vector of parameters.
*
* @param parameters The parameters to incorporate.
*/
public void convertFromVector(
Vector parameters);
}