criteriacomparable.java

实现APRIORI算法

/*
  CriteriaComparable.java

  (P)2001 Laurentiu Cristofor
*/

/*

laur.dm.ar - A Java package for association rule mining 
Copyright (C) 2002  Laurentiu Cristofor


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The laur.dm.ar package was written by Laurentiu Cristofor ([e-mail]).

*/

package laur.dm.ar;

/**
 
   This interface is implemented by classes who accept a criteria int
   parameter to their compareTo() method.
 
   @version 1.0
   @author Laurentiu Cristofor

 */
public interface CriteriaComparable
{
  /**
   * Compare the receiver with the <code>obj</code> argument according
   * to the criteria specified by <code>criteria</code>
   *
   * @return -1 if this is less than obj, 0 if this is equal to obj,
   * and 1 if this is greater than obj
   */
  int compareTo(Object obj, int criteria);
}