package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling;

/*
 This file is part of ELKI:
 Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures

 Copyright (C) 2011
 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
 Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme
 ELKI Development Team

 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 */

import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.utilities.optionhandling.parameterization.Parameterization;

/**
 * Generic interface for a parameterizable factory.
 * 
 * To instantiate a class, use {@link Parameterization#tryInstantiate(Class)}!
 * 
 * @author Erich Schubert
 */
public interface Parameterizer {
  /**
   * Configure the class.
   * 
   * Note: the status is collected by the parameterization object, so that
   * multiple errors may arise and be reported in one run.
   * 
   * @param config Parameterization
   */
  public void configure(Parameterization config);
}