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021
022
023package org.biojava.bio.dp;
024
025import org.biojava.bio.dist.DistributionTrainerContext;
026
027/**
028 * Encapsulates the training of an entire model.
029 *
030 * @author Matthew Pocock
031 */
032public interface ModelTrainer extends DistributionTrainerContext {
033  /**
034   * Registers an HMM with this trainer.
035   * <p>
036   * If the model has been already registered, then this method should do
037   * nothing. If it has not been registered, then this method should loop over
038   * every state in the model and register the Distribution returned by
039   * getWeight.
040   *
041   * @param model the MarkovModel to train
042   */
043  void registerModel(MarkovModel model);
044}