Interface Experiment<I,R>

Type Parameters:

I - The input configuration type

R - The result type

All Superinterfaces:

Commented, ComprehensiveIdentification, Identified<Identification>, Named, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ScientificExperiment, TrialExperiment

public interface Experiment<I,R>
extends ComprehensiveIdentification

Represents a scientific experiment that takes an input configuration and produces a result.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Hypothesis<R>	getHypothesis()	Gets the hypothesis this experiment aims to test.
default Identification	getId()	Returns the unique identifier of this entity.
default String	getName()
CompletableFuture<R>	run(I input)	Executes the experiment with the given input.

Methods inherited from interface Commented

getComments, getTrait, setComments

Methods inherited from interface ComprehensiveIdentification

getTrait, getTraits, setName, setTrait

Method Details

run

CompletableFuture<R> run(I input)

Executes the experiment with the given input.

Parameters:

input - the experimental parameters

Returns:

a future providing the result

getHypothesis

Hypothesis<R> getHypothesis()

Gets the hypothesis this experiment aims to test.

Returns:

the hypothesis, or null if exploratory

getName

default String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface ComprehensiveIdentification

Specified by:

getName in interface Named

getId

default Identification getId()

Description copied from interface: Identified

Returns the unique identifier of this entity.

Specified by:

getId in interface Identified<I>

Returns:

the identifier