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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2010-2015, Andras Szabolcs Nagy and Daniel Varro
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html.
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.viatra.dse.api.strategy.interfaces;
import org.eclipse.viatra.dse.base.ThreadContext;
import org.eclipse.viatra.dse.solutionstore.SolutionStore;
/**
* This high level interface is responsible for defining basic operations of an exploration strategy.
*
* @author Andras Szabolcs Nagy
*
*/
public interface IStrategy {
/**
* Initializes the strategy with a specific {@link ThreadContext}.
*
* @param context
* The context.
*/
void initStrategy(ThreadContext context);
/**
* This method explores the design space as the implementation specifies. It will be called only once, hence the
* exploration loop is run by the implementation. The termination condition is also specified by the implementation
* and when it returns the exploration thread will be disposed.
*/
void explore();
/**
* The implementation of this interface should be ready to be interrupted. If this method is called, the
* {@link IStrategy#explore()} method should return ASAP.
*
* This method is also called by the {@link SolutionStore} class if enough solutions are found.
*/
void interruptStrategy();
}
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