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* Copyright (C) 2001-2017 by RapidMiner and the contributors
*
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*
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*/
package com.rapidminer;
/**
* Interface managing the visualization of objects. This might be a dialog showing the feature
* values ({@link com.rapidminer.gui.ExampleVisualizer}) or more sophisticated methods like
* displaying a text or playing a piece of music. Please note that GUI components should not be
* constructed in the contstructor but in the method {@link #startVisualization(Object)} in order to
* ensure that the visualizer can be constructed also in environments where graphical user
* interfaces are not allowed.
*
* @author Michael Wurst, Ingo Mierswa
*/
public interface ObjectVisualizer {
public void startVisualization(Object objId);
public void stopVisualization(Object objId);
public String getTitle(Object objId);
public boolean isCapableToVisualize(Object objId);
public String getDetailData(Object objId, String fieldName);
public String[] getFieldNames(Object objId);
}