/*
 * LensKit, an open source recommender systems toolkit.
 * Copyright 2010-2012 Regents of the University of Minnesota and contributors
 *
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 */
package org.grouplens.lenskit.baseline;

import org.grouplens.lenskit.RatingPredictor;
import org.grouplens.lenskit.data.UserHistory;
import org.grouplens.lenskit.vectors.MutableSparseVector;
import org.grouplens.lenskit.vectors.SparseVector;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Rating predictor that operates on sparse vectors and guarantees 100% coverage
 * of items. Because BaselinePredictors are often part of a "model" used by a
 * recommender algorithm, all BaselinePredictors are required to be Serializable
 * so that they can be easily written to or read from a file.
 *
 * <p>
 * Note that this class does not implement the {@link RatingPredictor} interface
 * - this is to allow it to operate free of the DAO. If you want to use a
 * baseline scorer as a {@link RatingPredictor}, see
 * {@link BaselineRatingPredictor}.
 *
 * @author Michael Ludwig
 * @see BaselineRatingPredictor
 */
public interface BaselinePredictor extends Serializable {
    /**
     * Generate baseline predictions for several items into a new vector.
     *
     * @param user    The user ID.
     * @param ratings The user's ratings.
     * @param items   The items to score.
     * @return A new sparse vector containing the baseline predictions for {@code items}.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #predict(long, SparseVector, MutableSparseVector)} instead.
     */
    MutableSparseVector predict(long user, SparseVector ratings, Collection<Long> items);

    /**
     * Predict method that scores into an existing mutable sparse vector.
     *
     * @param user    The user ID.
     * @param ratings The user's ratings.
     * @param output  The output vector. All items in the key domain are scored.
     * @see RatingPredictor#score(UserHistory, MutableSparseVector)
     */
    void predict(long user, SparseVector ratings, MutableSparseVector output);

    /**
     * Predict method that scores into an existing mutable sparse vector.
     *
     * @param user       The user ID.
     * @param ratings    The user's ratings.
     * @param output     The output vector. All items in the key domain are scored
     * @param predictSet If {@code true}, predict all items; otherwise, only predict
     *                   items that are not set..
     * @see RatingPredictor#score(UserHistory, MutableSparseVector)
     */
    void predict(long user, SparseVector ratings, MutableSparseVector output,
                 boolean predictSet);
}

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