source: trunk/CrossPare/src/de/ugoe/cs/cpdp/loader/SingleVersionLoader.java @ 5

package de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.loader;

import java.io.File;

import weka.core.Instances;

/**
 * Interface for version loaders, i.e., loading of a set of instances from a
 * file
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 */
public interface SingleVersionLoader {

        /**
         * Loads the instances.
         * 
         * @param file
         *            handle to the file of the instances
         * @return the instances
         */
        Instances load(File file);

        /**
         * Defines a filter for the files to be loaded; only strings that end with
         * the filter are considered.
         * 
         * @param filename
         *            string defining the filename filter
         * @return true if a filename shall be considered
         */
        boolean filenameFilter(String endsWith);
}