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; 020 021/** 022 * Interface for learning algorithms, which can be paused and later continued. 023 * 024 * @author Jens Lehmann 025 * 026 */ 027public interface ResumableLearningAlgorithm { 028 029 /** 030 * Pauses the algorithm (not all algorithms need to implement 031 * this operation). 032 */ 033 void pause(); 034 035 /** 036 * Resumes the algorithm (not all algorithms need to implement 037 * this operation). You can use this method to continue 038 * an algorithm run even after a termination criterion has been 039 * reached. It will run until paused, stopped, or terminated 040 * again. 041 */ 042 void resume(); 043 044}