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/*
 *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *
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 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

/*
 *    Matchable.java
 *    Copyright (C) 1999-2012 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.core;

/** 
 * Interface to something that can be matched with tree matching
 * algorithms.
 *
 * @author Len Trigg (trigg@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public interface Matchable {

    /**
     * Returns a string that describes a tree representing
     * the object in prefix order.
     *
     * @return the tree described as a string
     * @exception Exception if the tree can't be computed
     */
    String prefix() throws Exception;
}