/**
* Creates a {@link Layer} to hold algorithmic components and returns it.
*
* @param name the String identifier for the specified {@link Layer}
* @param p the {@link Parameters} to use for the specified {@link Layer}
* @return
*/
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
public static Layer<?> createLayer(String name, Parameters p) {
Network.checkName(name);
return new Layer(name, null, p);
}
/**
* Creates and returns a child {@link Region} of this {@code Network}
*
* @param name The String identifier for the specified {@link Region}
* @return
*/
public static Region createRegion(String name) {
Network.checkName(name);
Region r = new Region(name, null);
return r;
}