/*
Copyright (C) 2008,2009 Martin Günther <mintar@gmx.de>
This file is part of GgpRatingSystem.
GgpRatingSystem 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.
GgpRatingSystem 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 GgpRatingSystem. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package ggpratingsystem.ratingsystems;
import ggpratingsystem.MatchSet;
/**
* Defines how to update GameInfos and Ratings for a complete MatchSet.
*
* @author martin
*
*/
public interface RatingStrategy {
/**
* @return the type of this rating strategy.
*/
public RatingSystemType getType();
/**
* Update the corresponding Ratings and the GameInfos, if used.
*/
public void update(MatchSet matches);
/**
* @return A String identifying this rating strategy that can be used as
* a unique ID. Must not clash with other rating strategies.
*/
public String idString();
}