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package org.encog.ml.data.versatile.normalizers;
import java.io.Serializable;
import org.encog.ml.data.MLData;
import org.encog.ml.data.versatile.columns.ColumnDefinition;
/**
* The normalizer interface defines how to normalize a column. The source of the
* normalization can be either string or double.
*/
public interface Normalizer extends Serializable {
/**
* Determine the normalized size of the specified column.
* @param colDef The column to check.
* @return The size of the column normalized.
*/
int outputSize(ColumnDefinition colDef);
/**
* Normalize a column from a string. The output will go to an array, starting at outputColumn.
* @param colDef The column that is being normalized.
* @param value The value to normalize.
* @param outputData The array to output to.
* @param outputIndex The index to start at in outputData.
* @return The new index (in outputData) that we've moved to.
*/
int normalizeColumn(ColumnDefinition colDef, String value,
double[] outputData, int outputIndex);
/**
* Normalize a column from a double. The output will go to an array, starting at outputColumn.
* @param colDef The column that is being normalized.
* @param value The value to normalize.
* @param outputData The array to output to.
* @param outputIndex The index to start at in outputData.
* @return The new index (in outputData) that we've moved to.
*/
int normalizeColumn(ColumnDefinition colDef, double value,
double[] outputData, int outputIndex);
/**
* Denormalize a value.
* @param colDef The column to denormalize.
* @param data The data to denormalize.
* @param dataIndex The starting location inside data.
* @return The denormalized value.
*/
String denormalizeColumn(ColumnDefinition colDef, MLData data,
int dataIndex);
}