Domain.java

/*
 * chombo: Hadoop Map Reduce utility
 * Author: Pranab Ghosh
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
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 *
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package org.chombo.util;

/**
 * Domain of numerical data as range and categorical data s set
 * @author pranab
 *
 */
public interface Domain {
	
	/**
	 * Adds an element
	 * @param value
	 */
	public void add(String value);
	
	/**
	 * Is an element contained
	 * @param value
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean isContained(String value);
}