DistributionStrategyFactory.java

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package org.drools.chance.distribution;

import org.drools.chance.degree.DegreeType;

/**
 * Interface for Distribution Level II factories
 * This factory is responsible for the creation of the Stragies/Factory
 * defining a specific type of imperfect distribution and its algorithms
 *
 */
public interface DistributionStrategyFactory<T> {

    /**
     * Factory method
     * @param <T>
     * @return
     */

    public <T> DistributionStrategies<T> buildStrategies( DegreeType degreeType, Class<T> priorType );

    /**
     * The kind of imperfection modelled
     * --> fuzzy, probability, belief, ...
     * @return
     */
    public ImpKind getImp_Kind();


    /**
     * The type of distribution implemented
     * --> discrete, fuzzyset, Gaussian, Dirichlet, ...
     * @return
     */
    public ImpType getImp_Model();

}