001/** 002 * Copyright (C) 2007 - 2016, Jens Lehmann 003 * 004 * This file is part of DL-Learner. 005 * 006 * DL-Learner is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or 009 * (at your option) any later version. 010 * 011 * DL-Learner is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 014 * GNU General Public License for more details. 015 * 016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 018 */ 019package org.dllearner.core; 020 021import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; 022 023/** 024 * Basic interface for all DL-Learner learning algorithms. 025 * 026 * @author Jens Lehmann 027 * 028 */ 029public interface LearningAlgorithm extends Component { 030 031 /** 032 * Starts the algorithm. It runs until paused, stopped, or 033 * a termination criterion has been reached. 034 */ 035 void start(); 036 037 /** 038 * Get underlying learning problem. 039 * @return Underlying learning problem. 040 */ 041 LearningProblem getLearningProblem(); 042 043 /** 044 * Set the learning problem, which the algorithm should solve. 045 * @param learningProblem The learning problem to solve. 046 */ 047 @Autowired 048 void setLearningProblem(LearningProblem learningProblem); 049 050}