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/**
 *
 * Copyright (C) Villanova University 2009.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 */
 
/**
 * Search Recommendations Interface
 *
 * This interface class is the definition of the required methods for
 * generating search recommendations.
 */
interface RecommendationInterface
{
    /* Constructor
     *
     * Establishes base settings for making recommendations.
     *
     * @access  public
     * @param   object  $searchObject   The SearchObject requesting recommendations.
     * @param   string  $params         Additional settings from the searches.ini.
     */
    public function __construct($searchObject, $params);
    
    /* init
     *
     * Called before the SearchObject performs its main search.  This may be used
     * to set SearchObject parameters in order to generate recommendations as part
     * of the search.
     *
     * @access  public
     */
    public function init();
    
    /* process
     *
     * Called after the SearchObject has performed its main search.  This may be 
     * used to extract necessary information from the SearchObject or to perform
     * completely unrelated processing.
     *
     * @access  public
     */
    public function process();
    
    /* getTemplate
     *
     * This method provides a template name so that recommendations can be displayed
     * to the end user.  It is the responsibility of the process() method to
     * populate all necessary template variables.
     *
     * @access  public
     * @return  string      The template to use to display the recommendations.
     */
    public function getTemplate();
}

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