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  /*
   *    AssociationRulesVisualizePlugin.java
   *    Copyright (C) 2010 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
   *
   */
  
  package weka.gui.visualize.plugins;
  
  import java.util.List;
  
  import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
  
  import weka.associations.AssociationRules;
  
  /**
   * Interface implemented by classes loaded dynamically to
   * visualize association results in the explorer.
   *
   * @author Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)
   * @version $Revision: 6499 $
   */
  public interface AssociationRuleVisualizePlugin {
  
    /**
     * Get a JMenu or JMenuItem which contain action listeners
     * that perform the visualization of the association rules.
     *
     * @see NoClassDefFoundError
     * @see IncompatibleClassChangeError
     *
     * @param rules       the association rules
     * @param name        the name of the item (in the Explorer's history list)
     * @return menuitem   for opening visualization(s), or null
     *                    to indicate no visualization is applicable for the input
     */
    public JMenuItem getVisualizeMenuItem(AssociationRules rules, String name);
    
  }
  