MultiClassTransformation.java

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/*
 *    MultiClassTransformation.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
 */
package mulan.transformations.multiclass;

import mulan.data.MultiLabelInstances;
import weka.core.Instances;

/**
 * The interface for single-label multi-class transformations.
 * 
 * @author Stavros
 */
public interface MultiClassTransformation {

    /**
     * Transforms a multi-label dataset to a multi-class single label dataset
     * 
     * @param dataSet a multi-label dataset
     * @return a single-label multi-class dataset
     * @throws java.lang.Exception
     */
    public Instances transformInstances(MultiLabelInstances dataSet) throws Exception;
}