Progress (ELKI: Environment for DeveLoping KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProgress, FiniteProgress, IndefiniteProgress, MutableProgress, StepProgress
```
public interface Progress
```
Generic Progress logging interface.

Since:

0.1

Author:

Erich Schubert

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.StringBuilder`	`appendToBuffer(java.lang.StringBuilder buf)`	Serialize a description into a String buffer.
`boolean`	`isComplete()`	Test whether a progress is complete (and thus doesn't need to be shown anymore)
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Returns a String representation of the progress suitable as a message for printing to the command line interface.

- Method Detail
  - appendToBuffer
```
java.lang.StringBuilder appendToBuffer(java.lang.StringBuilder buf)
```
    Serialize a description into a String buffer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    buf - Buffer to serialize to
    
    Returns:
    
    Buffer the data was serialized to.
  - isComplete
```
boolean isComplete()
```
    Test whether a progress is complete (and thus doesn't need to be shown anymore)
    
    Returns:
    
    Whether the progress was completed.
  - toString
```
java.lang.String toString()
```
    Returns a String representation of the progress suitable as a message for printing to the command line interface.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
    
    See Also:
    
    Object.toString()