InstanceHandler.java

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/**
 *   InstanceHandler.java
 *   Copyright (C) 2008 K.Hempstalk, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
 */

package weka.classifiers.meta.generators;

import weka.core.CapabilitiesHandler;
import weka.core.Instances;

/**
 * Whether the generator can handle instances directly
 * for setting the parameters.
 *
 * @author Kathryn Hempstalk (kah18 at cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision: 5793 $
 */
public interface InstanceHandler
  extends CapabilitiesHandler {

  /**
   * Builds the generator with a given set of instances.
   *
   * @param someinstances The instances that will be used to 
   * build up the probabilities for this generator.
   * @throws Exception if data cannot be handled
   */
  public void buildGenerator(Instances someinstances) throws Exception;
}