/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2015 by Holger Arndt
 *
 * This file is part of the Java Data Mining Package (JDMP).
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package org.jdmp.core.variable;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Date;

import org.jdmp.core.util.ObservableMap;
import org.ujmp.core.Matrix;

public interface VariableMap extends ObservableMap {

	public String getAllAsString(String variableKey);

	public boolean getAsBoolean(String variableKey);

	public byte getAsByte(String variableKey);

	public char getAsChar(String variableKey);

	public double getAsDouble(String variableKey);

	public float getAsFloat(String variableKey);

	public int getAsInt(String variableKey);

	public long getAsLong(String variableKey);

	public short getAsShort(String variableKey);

	public Date getAsDate(String variableKey);

	public BigDecimal getAsBigDecimal(String variableKey);

	public BigInteger getAsBigInteger(String variableKey);

	public Matrix getMatrix(String variableKey);

	public String getAsString(String variableKey);

	public Object getAsObject(String variableKey);

	public Object getObject(String variableKey);

	public void setMatrix(String variableKey, Matrix matrix);

	public void setObject(String variableKey, Object value);

}