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package com.rapidminer.repository;
import com.rapidminer.operator.IOObject;
import com.rapidminer.operator.Operator;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.metadata.MetaData;
import com.rapidminer.tools.ProgressListener;
/**
* @author Simon Fischer
*/
public interface IOObjectEntry extends DataEntry {
public static final String TYPE_NAME = "data";
public IOObject retrieveData(ProgressListener l) throws RepositoryException;
public MetaData retrieveMetaData() throws RepositoryException;
/**
* This method returns the class of the stored object or null, if it is not an object known to
* this RapidMiner Client.
*/
public Class<? extends IOObject> getObjectClass();
/** Stores data in this entry. */
public void storeData(IOObject data, Operator callingOperator, ProgressListener l) throws RepositoryException;
}