01: /*
02: * hammurapi-rules @mesopotamia.version@
03: * Hammurapi rules engine.
04: * Copyright (C) 2005 Hammurapi Group
05: *
06: * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
08: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
09: * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
19: *
20: * URL: http://http://www.hammurapi.biz
21: * e-Mail: support@hammurapi.biz
22: */
23: package biz.hammurapi.rules;
24:
25: import java.util.List;
26:
27: /**
28: * Implementations of this interface preprocess object collections before returning them from
29: * RuleSession.getObjects(). Unlike ObjectFilter this method works on entire collection of facts
30: * and conclusions.
31: * @author Pavel Vlasov
32: * @revision $Revision$
33: */
34: public interface KnowledgeCompactor {
35:
36: /**
37: * Removes unnecessary items from the collection.
38: * @param source
39: * @return
40: */
41: List compact(List source);
42:
43: }
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