package org.apache.samoa.moa; /* * #%L * SAMOA * %% * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2015 Apache Software Foundation * %% * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * #L% */ import java.io.Serializable; /** * Interface implemented by classes in MOA, so that all are serializable, can produce copies of their objects, and can * measure its memory size. They also give a string description. * * @author Richard Kirkby (rkirkby@cs.waikato.ac.nz) * @version $Revision: 7 $ */ public interface MOAObject extends Serializable { /** * Gets the memory size of this object. * * @return the memory size of this object */ public int measureByteSize(); /** * This method produces a copy of this object. * * @return a copy of this object */ public MOAObject copy(); /** * Returns a string representation of this object. Used in <code>AbstractMOAObject.toString</code> to give a string * representation of the object. * * @param sb * the stringbuilder to add the description * @param indent * the number of characters to indent */ public void getDescription(StringBuilder sb, int indent); }