1 /* 2 * Copyright 2006 - 2012 Christina Bohk and Roland Ewald 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package p3j.pppm; 17 18 /** 19 * This is an interface for all objects that might occur by some probability. 20 * E.g., sets and parameter assignments. 21 * 22 * Created on January 21, 2007 23 * 24 * @author Christina Bohk 25 * @author Roland Ewald 26 * 27 */ 28 public interface IStochasticOccurrence { 29 30 /** 31 * Get the probability that this entity will be chosen. 32 * 33 * @return probability to be chosen, in [0,1] 34 */ 35 double getProbability(); 36 37 /** 38 * Set probability for being chosen. 39 * 40 * @param probability 41 * the probability (in [0,1]) 42 */ 43 void setProbability(double probability); 44 45 }