CommandlineRunnable.java

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/*
 *    CommandlineRunnable.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2010 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.core;

/**
 * Interface to something that can be run from the command line.
 * 
 * @author Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)
 * @version $Revision: 6938 $
 */
public interface CommandlineRunnable {
  
  /**
   * Execute the supplied object.
   * 
   * @param toRun the object to execute
   * @param options any options to pass to the object
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the object is not of the expected
   * type.
   */
  void run(Object toRun, String[] options) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}