classifier.java

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/*
 * LingPipe v. 3.5
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package com.aliasi.classify;

/**
 * The <code>Classifier</code> interface specifies a single method
 * that returns the classification of an input object.  A
 * classification is only required to provide a first-best
 * categorization of the input.  Classifiers may return subclasses of
 * <code>Classification</code> that include n-best results with
 * numerical scores of various interpretations.
 *
 * @author  Bob Carpenter
 * @version 3.0
 * @since   LingPipe2.0
 */
public interface Classifier<E,C extends Classification> {

    /**
     * Return the classification of the specified object.
     * Implementations may return more fine-grained results by
     * returning a subclass of <code>Classification</code>.
     *
     * @param input Object to classify.
     * @return Classification of the object.
     */ 
    public C classify(E input);

}