/*
* RapidMiner
*
* Copyright (C) 2001-2011 by Rapid-I and the contributors
*
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*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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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;
}