DataSet (Repast Simphony 2.10 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDataSet, AggregateDataSet, NonAggregateDataSet
```
public interface DataSet
```
Records data from DataSources and passes that data to DataSinks.

Author:

Nick Collier

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Closes this DataSet.
`void`	`flush()`	Notifies the sinks associated with this DataSet to flush their buffered data (if any).
`String`	`getId()`	Gets the id of this DataSet.
`Iterable<Class<?>>`	`getSourceTypes()`	Gets the type of object that this dataset will collect data from.
`void`	`init()`	Initializes this DataSet.
`void`	`record(Map<Class<?>,SizedIterable<?>> objs)`	Records data from the specified ObjectListMap of objects.
`Iterable<DataSink>`	`sinks()`	Gets the sinks associated with this DataSet.

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
String getId()
```
    Gets the id of this DataSet.
    
    Returns:
    
    the id of this DataSet.
  - getSourceTypes
```
Iterable<Class<?>> getSourceTypes()
```
    Gets the type of object that this dataset will collect data from.
    
    Returns:
  - sinks
```
Iterable<DataSink> sinks()
```
    Gets the sinks associated with this DataSet.
    
    Returns:
    
    the sinks associated with this DataSet.
  - init
```
void init()
```
    Initializes this DataSet.
  - record
```
void record(Map<Class<?>,SizedIterable<?>> objs)
```
    Records data from the specified ObjectListMap of objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    objs - the objs to record the data from
  - flush
```
void flush()
```
    Notifies the sinks associated with this DataSet to flush their buffered data (if any).
  - close
```
void close()
```
    Closes this DataSet.