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1   /*
2    * SAT4J: a SATisfiability library for Java Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Daniel Le Berre
3    * 
4    * Based on the original minisat specification from:
5    * 
6    * An extensible SAT solver. Niklas E?n and Niklas S?rensson. Proceedings of the
7    * Sixth International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability
8    * Testing, LNCS 2919, pp 502-518, 2003.
9    * 
10   * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
11   * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
12   * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
13   * any later version.
14   * 
15   * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
16   * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
17   * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
18   * details.
19   * 
20   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
21   * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
22   * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
23   * 
24   */
25  package org.sat4j.specs;
26  
27  /**
28   * The most general abstraction for handling a constraint.
29   * 
30   * @author leberre
31   * 
32   */
33  public interface IConstr {
34  
35      /**
36       * @return true iff the clause was learnt during the search
37       */
38      boolean learnt();
39  
40      /**
41       * @return the number of literals in the constraint.
42       */
43      int size();
44  
45      /**
46       * returns the ith literal in the constraint
47       * 
48       * @param i
49       *            the index of the literal
50       * @return a literal
51       */
52      int get(int i);
53  
54  }