    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 * @author  Tomáš Müller
    013 * @version StudentSct 1.3 (Student Sectioning)<br>
    014 *          Copyright (C) 2007 - 2014 Tomáš Müller<br>
    015 *          <a href="mailto:muller@unitime.org">muller@unitime.org</a><br>
    016 *          <a href="http://muller.unitime.org">http://muller.unitime.org</a><br>
    017 * <br>
    018 *          This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    019 *          it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
    020 *          published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
    021 *          License, or (at your option) any later version. <br>
    022 * <br>
    023 *          This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    024 *          WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    025 *          MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
    026 *          Lesser General Public License for more details. <br>
    027 * <br>
    028 *          You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    029 *          License along with this library; if not see
    030 *          <a href='http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.
    031 */
    032public interface StudentOrder {
    033    /** Return the given set of students in a particular order
    034     * @param students input list of students
    035     * @return new list of students, ordered by this criterion
    036     **/
    037    public List<Student> order(List<Student> students);
    038}