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package org.biojava.bio.dist;

import org.biojava.bio.symbol.AtomicSymbol;
import org.biojava.bio.symbol.IllegalSymbolException;

/**
 * A distribution trainer that just ignores all counts.
 *
 * @author Matthew Pocock
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class IgnoreCountsTrainer implements DistributionTrainer {
  public void addCount(DistributionTrainerContext dtc, AtomicSymbol sym, double times) 
    throws IllegalSymbolException {}
  public double getCount(DistributionTrainerContext dtc, AtomicSymbol sym)
  throws IllegalSymbolException {
    return 0.0;
  }
  
  public void train(DistributionTrainerContext dtc, double weight) {}
  public void clearCounts(DistributionTrainerContext dtc) {}

  /**
   * Constructor intended for sub-classes.
   */
  protected IgnoreCountsTrainer() {}
  
  private static IgnoreCountsTrainer instance = new IgnoreCountsTrainer();

  /**
   * Returns the global singleton instance of the IgnoreCountsTrainer.
   *
   * @return the singleton instance of this trainer
   */
  public static IgnoreCountsTrainer getInstance() {
    return instance;
  }
}