/******************************************************************************* * GenPlay, Einstein Genome Analyzer * Copyright (C) 2009, 2014 Albert Einstein College of Medicine * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * Authors: Julien Lajugie <julien.lajugie@einstein.yu.edu> * Nicolas Fourel <nicolas.fourel@einstein.yu.edu> * Eric Bouhassira <eric.bouhassira@einstein.yu.edu> * * Website: <http://genplay.einstein.yu.edu> ******************************************************************************/ package edu.yu.einstein.genplay.core.operation; import edu.yu.einstein.genplay.dataStructure.list.genomeWideList.SCWList.binList.BinList; import edu.yu.einstein.genplay.gui.statusBar.Stoppable; /** * Operation on a {@link BinList} * @param <T> result type of the operation * @author Julien Lajugie * @version 0.1 */ public interface Operation<T> extends Stoppable { /** * Processes the operation * @return the result of the operation * @throws Exception */ public T compute() throws Exception; /** * @return a description of the operation */ public String getDescription(); /** * @return a description of what is done during the process */ public String getProcessingDescription(); /** * @return the number of steps needed to complete the operation */ public int getStepCount(); }