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     * Factory of predictors.
028     */
029    public abstract class PredictorFactory {
030        /**
031         * Gets the name of the predictors.
032         *
033         * @return  name of the predictors
034         */
035        public abstract String getName();
036    
037        /**
038         * Creates a predictor.
039         *
040         * @return  the predictor
041         */
042        public abstract Predictor createPredictor();
043    }