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package org.biojava.bio.dp;

import org.biojava.bio.dist.DistributionTrainerContext;

/**
 * Encapsulates the training of an entire model.
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 */
public interface ModelTrainer extends DistributionTrainerContext {
  /**
   * Registers an HMM with this trainer.
   * <p>
   * If the model has been already registered, then this method should do
   * nothing. If it has not been registered, then this method should loop over
   * every state in the model and register the Distribution returned by
   * getWeight.
   *
   * @param model the MarkovModel to train
   */
  void registerModel(MarkovModel model);
}