Aggregator.java example

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package com.rapidminer.operator.preprocessing.transformation.aggregation;

import com.rapidminer.example.Attribute;
import com.rapidminer.example.Example;
import com.rapidminer.example.table.DataRow;

public interface Aggregator {
    /**
     * This will count the given example to the group this {@link Aggregator} belongs to.
     * The respective attribute will be queried from the {@link AggregationFunction} this
     * was created by.
     */
    public void count(Example example);

    /**
     * This does the same as {@link #count(Example)}, but will take the weight of
     * the current example into account.
     */
    public void count(Example example, double weight);

    /**
     * This will set the result value into the data row onto the position of the given attribute.
     */
    public void set(Attribute attribute, DataRow row);

}