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package de.ugoe.cs.cpdp;

/**
 * Interface that defines that an entity excepts a parameter string. Can be used to configure parts
 * of an experiment. How (and if) this parameter is interpreted depends entirely on the entity.
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 * 
 */
public interface IParameterizable {

    /**
     * Sets the parameters of an entity.
     * 
     * @param parameters
     *            parameters as string
     */
    void setParameter(String parameters);
}