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30  package org.openimaj.image.model.landmark;
31  
32  import org.openimaj.image.Image;
33  
34  
35  /**
36   * {@link LandmarkModelFactory}s are used to construct pre-configured
37   * {@link LandmarkModel}s on demand.
38   * 
39   * @author Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
40   *
41   * @param <I>
42   */
43  public interface LandmarkModelFactory<I extends Image<?, I>> {
44  	/**
45  	 * Create a new pre-configured {@link LandmarkModel}.
46  	 * @return new {@link LandmarkModel}
47  	 */
48  	public LandmarkModel<I> createLandmarkModel();
49  	
50  	/**
51  	 * Create a new pre-configured {@link LandmarkModel}. 
52  	 * The scaleFactor parameter is used to reduce/increase the
53  	 * relative size of the search area of the LandmarkModel. 
54  	 * @param scaleFactor the scaleFactor
55  	 * @return new {@link LandmarkModel}
56  	 */
57  	public LandmarkModel<I> createLandmarkModel(float scaleFactor);
58  }