DataSource.java

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/*
 *    DataSource.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2002 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.gui.beans;

import weka.core.Instance;
import weka.core.Instances;

/**
 * Interface to something that is capable of being a source for data - 
 * either batch or incremental data
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz">Mark Hall</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface DataSource {

  /**
   * Add a data source listener
   *
   * @param dsl a <code>DataSourceListener</code> value
   */
  void addDataSourceListener(DataSourceListener dsl);

  /**
   * Remove a data source listener
   *
   * @param dsl a <code>DataSourceListener</code> value
   */
  void removeDataSourceListener(DataSourceListener dsl);

  /**
   * Add an instance listener
   *
   * @param dsl an <code>InstanceListener</code> value
   */
  void addInstanceListener(InstanceListener dsl);

  /**
   * Remove an instance listener
   *
   * @param dsl an <code>InstanceListener</code> value
   */
  void removeInstanceListener(InstanceListener dsl);
}