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package de.ugoe.cs.cpdp.eval;

/**
 * <p>
 * Interface for result storages.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 */
public interface IResultStorage {

    /**
     * <p>
     * Stores a new experiment result
     * </p>
     *
     * @param result
     *            result to be stored
     */
    public void addResult(ExperimentResult result);

    /**
     * <p>
     * Checks if a result is already contained in the storage.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param experimentName
     *            name of the experiment
     * @param productName
     *            name of the product
     * @param classifierName
     *            name of the first classifier in the configuration
     * @return number of contained resultsfor the given product and experiment
     */
    public int containsResult(String experimentName, String productName, String classifierName);
}