/*
 * File:                BatchClusterer.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.learning.algorithm.clustering;

import gov.sandia.cognition.annotation.CodeReview;
import gov.sandia.cognition.learning.algorithm.BatchLearner;
import gov.sandia.cognition.learning.algorithm.clustering.cluster.Cluster;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * The {@code BatchClusterer} interface defines the functionality of a batch 
 * clustering algorithm. It takes a collection of elements and returns a 
 * collection of clusters of those elements.
 *
 * @param   <DataType> The type of data the algorithm operates on.
 * @param   <ClusterType> The type of clusters generated by the algorithm.
 * @author  Justin Basilico
 * @author  Kevin R. Dixon
 * @since   1.0
 */
@CodeReview(
    reviewer="Kevin R. Dixon",
    date="2008-07-22",
    changesNeeded=false,
    comments={
        "Removed extends Serializable, as BatchLearner already extends it.",
        "Otherwise, interface looks fine."
    }
)
public interface BatchClusterer<DataType, ClusterType extends Cluster<DataType>>
    extends BatchLearner<Collection<? extends DataType>, Collection<ClusterType>>
{
}