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*
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#endregion
using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis {
public interface ITransformation : IParameterizedNamedItem {
}
public interface ITransformation : ITransformation {
///
/// Checks if the data is valid for the transformation.
/// Calling Apply
or Configure
on invalid data will throw an exception.
///
///
///
///
bool Check(IEnumerable data, out string errorMessage);
///
/// Configure the internal parameter of the transformation for the given data.
///
///
void Configure(IEnumerable data);
///
/// Transforms the given data based on the transformation's external and internal parameters.
///
///
///
IEnumerable Apply(IEnumerable data);
///
/// Inverse-transforms the given data based on the transformation's external and internal parameters.
///
///
///
/// If the data cannot be inverse transformed, i.e. if the original data was not in the domain of the transformation,
/// the returned values can contain invalid values or InverseApply
might throw an exception.
IEnumerable InverseApply(IEnumerable data);
}
}