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package de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.dataselection;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.list.SetUniqueList;

import de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.IParameterizable;

import weka.core.Instances;

/**
 * Interface for setwise data selection strategies.
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 */
public interface ISetWiseDataselectionStrategy extends IParameterizable {

    /**
     * Applies a setwise data selection strategy.
     * 
     * @param testdata
     *            test data for which the training data is selected
     * @param traindataSet
     *            candidate training data
     */
    void apply(Instances testdata, SetUniqueList<Instances> traindataSet);
}