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19   * Based on the original MiniSat specification from:
20   *
21   * An extensible SAT solver. Niklas Een and Niklas Sorensson. Proceedings of the
22   * Sixth International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability
23   * Testing, LNCS 2919, pp 502-518, 2003.
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25   * See www.minisat.se for the original solver in C++.
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30  package org.sat4j.core;
31  
32  /**
33   * Utility methods to avoid using bit manipulation inside code. One should use
34   * Java 1.5 import static feature to use it without class qualification inside
35   * the code.
36   * 
37   * In the DIMACS format, the literals are represented by signed integers, 0
38   * denoting the end of the clause. In the solver, the literals are represented
39   * by positive integers, in order to use them as index in arrays for instance.
40   * 
41   * <pre>
42   *  int p : a literal (p&gt;1)
43   *  p &circ; 1 : the negation of the literal
44   *  p &gt;&gt; 1 : the DIMACS number representing the variable.
45   *  int v : a DIMACS variable (v&gt;0)
46   *  v &lt;&lt; 1 : a positive literal for that variable in the solver.
47   *  v &lt;&lt; 1 &circ; 1 : a negative literal for that variable.
48   * </pre>
49   * 
50   * @author leberre
51   * 
52   */
53  public final class LiteralsUtils {
54  
55      private LiteralsUtils() {
56          // no instance supposed to be created.
57      }
58  
59      /**
60       * Returns the variable associated to the literal
61       * 
62       * @param p
63       *            a literal in internal representation
64       * @return the Dimacs variable associated to that literal.
65       */
66      public static int var(int p) {
67          assert p > 1;
68          return p >> 1;
69      }
70  
71      /**
72       * Returns the opposite literal.
73       * 
74       * @param p
75       *            a literal in internal representation
76       * @return the opposite literal in internal representation
77       */
78      public static int neg(int p) {
79          return p ^ 1;
80      }
81  
82      /**
83       * Returns the positive literal associated with a variable.
84       * 
85       * @param var
86       *            a variable in Dimacs format
87       * @return the positive literal associated with this variable in internal
88       *         representation
89       */
90      public static int posLit(int var) {
91          return var << 1;
92      }
93  
94      /**
95       * Returns the negative literal associated with a variable.
96       * 
97       * @param var
98       *            a variable in Dimacs format
99       * @return the negative literal associated with this variable in internal
100      *         representation
101      */
102     public static int negLit(int var) {
103         return var << 1 ^ 1;
104     }
105 
106     /**
107      * decode the internal representation of a literal in internal
108      * representation into Dimacs format.
109      * 
110      * @param p
111      *            the literal in internal representation
112      * @return the literal in dimacs representation
113      */
114     public static int toDimacs(int p) {
115         return ((p & 1) == 0 ? 1 : -1) * (p >> 1);
116     }
117 
118     /**
119      * encode the classical Dimacs representation (negated integers for negated
120      * literals) into the internal format.
121      * 
122      * @param x
123      *            the literal in Dimacs format
124      * @return the literal in internal format.
125      * @since 2.2
126      */
127     public static int toInternal(int x) {
128         return x < 0 ? -x << 1 ^ 1 : x << 1;
129     }
130 }