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package com.rapidminer.studio.internal;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* Provider for rule json
*
* Used by the {@link com.rapidminer.tool.usagestats.CallToActionScheduler} as a source of
* {@link com.rapidminer.tool.usagestats.Rule}s.
*
* Must be registered with the {@link RuleProviderRegistry}.
*
* @author Jonas Wilms-Pfau
* @since 7.5
*/
public interface RuleProvider {
/**
* Returns a JSON encoded array of {@link com.rapidminer.tool.usagestats.Rule} objects
*
* @return The {@code InputStream} or {@code null}
*/
public InputStream getRuleJson();
}