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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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* StartSetHandler.java
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* Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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package weka.attributeSelection;
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* Interface for search methods capable of doing something sensible
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* given a starting set of attributes.
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* @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
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* @version $Revision: 1.8 $
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public interface StartSetHandler {
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* Sets a starting set of attributes for the search. It is the
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* search method's responsibility to report this start set (if any)
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* in its toString() method.
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* @param startSet a string containing a list of attributes (and or ranges),
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* @exception Exception if start set can't be set.
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void setStartSet (String startSet) throws Exception;
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* Returns a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges) as a String
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* @return a list of attributes (and or attribute ranges)
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String getStartSet ();