001package org.cpsolver.studentsct.heuristics.studentord; 002 003import java.util.List; 004 005import org.cpsolver.studentsct.model.Student; 006 007 008/** 009 * This interface is used by online selectioning test to take students in a 010 * particular order, parameter Test.StudentOrder. 011 * 012 * @version StudentSct 1.3 (Student Sectioning)<br> 013 * Copyright (C) 2007 - 2014 Tomáš Müller<br> 014 * <a href="mailto:muller@unitime.org">muller@unitime.org</a><br> 015 * <a href="http://muller.unitime.org">http://muller.unitime.org</a><br> 016 * <br> 017 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 018 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 019 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the 020 * License, or (at your option) any later version. <br> 021 * <br> 022 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 023 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 024 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 025 * Lesser General Public License for more details. <br> 026 * <br> 027 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 028 * License along with this library; if not see 029 * <a href='http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>. 030 */ 031public interface StudentOrder { 032 /** Return the given set of students in a particular order 033 * @param students input list of students 034 * @return new list of students, ordered by this criterion 035 **/ 036 public List<Student> order(List<Student> students); 037}