#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */
#endregion
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Problems.DataAnalysis;

namespace HeuristicLab.Algorithms.DataAnalysis {
  public interface ISplitType : IParameterizedNamedItem {
    /// <summary>
    /// decides wether a node sould be split
    /// and if so at which attribute and which value
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="splitData"></param>
    /// <param name="minLeafSize"></param>
    /// <param name="splitAttr"></param>
    /// <param name="splitValue"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    bool Split(IRegressionProblemData splitData, int minLeafSize, out string splitAttr, out double splitValue);
  }
}