001 /* EVolve - an Extensible Software Visualization Framework 002 * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Qin Wang 003 * 004 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 005 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public 006 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 007 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 008 * 009 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 010 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 011 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 012 * Library General Public License for more details. 013 * 014 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public 015 * License along with this library; if not, write to the 016 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, 017 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 018 */ 019 020 /* 021 * EVolve is distributed at http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/EVolve/ 022 */ 023 024 package EVolve.visualization; 025 026 /** 027 * Predictor used in prediction visualization. 028 */ 029 public abstract class Predictor implements Cloneable{ 030 /** 031 * Receives a new target. 032 * 033 * @param target the new target 034 */ 035 public abstract void newTarget(long target); 036 037 /** 038 * Tells if the prediction is correct. 039 * 040 * @return true if the prediction is correct 041 */ 042 public abstract boolean isCorrect(); 043 044 public abstract void newTarget2(long target); 045 046 public Object clone() { 047 Object o = null; 048 try { 049 o = super.clone(); 050 } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { 051 e.printStackTrace(); 052 return null; 053 } 054 055 return o; 056 } 057 }