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package smile.classification;
/**
* Classifier with online learning capability. Online learning is a model of
* induction that learns one instance at a time. More formally, an online
* algorithm proceeds in a sequence of trials.
*
* @param <T> the type of input object
*
* @author Haifeng Li
*/
public interface OnlineClassifier <T> extends Classifier <T> {
/**
* Online update the classifier with a new training instance.
* In general, this method may be NOT multi-thread safe.
*
* @param x training instance.
* @param y training label.
*/
public void learn(T x, int y);
}