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package marytts.unitselection.weightingfunctions;
/**
* A uniform interface for the weighting functions.
*
* @author sacha
*
*/
public interface WeightFunc {
/**
* Compute a weighted difference
*
* @param a
* a
* @param b
* b
* @return x
*/
public double cost(double a, double b);
/**
* Possibly set optional parameters.
*
* @param val
* val
*/
public void setParam(String val);
/**
* Return a weighting function definition string.
*
* @return whoamI
*/
public String whoAmI();
}