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030package org.openimaj.image.processing.face.detection;
031
032import java.util.List;
033
034import org.openimaj.image.Image;
035import org.openimaj.io.ReadWriteableBinary;
036
037/**
038 * Interfaces for classes that are capable of detecting faces.
039 *  
040 * @author Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
041 *
042 * @param <T> Type of {@link DetectedFace}
043 * @param <I> Type of {@link Image}
044 */
045public interface FaceDetector<T extends DetectedFace, I extends Image<?, I>> extends ReadWriteableBinary {
046        /**
047         * Detect faces in the image and return a list of faces found.
048         * 
049         * @param image Image to search in
050         * @return List of detected faces.
051         */
052        public List<T> detectFaces(I image);
053}