selector.java

jooneDTE的源码

/*
 * Selector.java
 *
 * Created on August 26, 2004, 3:37 PM
 */

package org.joone.dte;

/**
 * This interface represents the post-processing plugins.
 * The job calls its execute method to prepare the next 
 * list of tasks to elaborate.
 * @author  drmarpao
 */
public interface Selector {
    /**
     * Method called to execute the job's post-processing
     * implemented by this class. It receives a TaskListFactory
     * to access to the current list of tasks (i.e. the NeuralNets),
     * and the current iteration of the DTE (currentCycle).
     *
     * @param tasks the list of tasks
     * @param currentCycle the current iteration number
     * @return the list of selected NeuralNets to elaborate in the next iteration.
     */    
    TaskListFactory execute(TaskListFactory tasks, int currentCycle);
    
    /**
     * Setter for property taskListFactory.
     * This is the kind of TaskListFactory returned by the execute method.
     * If not set, the execute method returns a simple TaskListFactory instance.
     * @param taskListFactory New value of property taskListFactory.
     */
    void setTaskListFactory(TaskListFactory tasks);
    
    /**
     * Getter for property taskListFactory.
     * @return Value of property taskListFactory.
     */
    TaskListFactory getTaskListFactory();
}