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2    * SAT4J: a SATisfiability library for Java Copyright (C) 2004, 2012 Artois University and CNRS
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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.
24   *
25   * See www.minisat.se for the original solver in C++.
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30  package org.sat4j.minisat.core;
31  
32  import org.sat4j.specs.IConstr;
33  import org.sat4j.specs.IVecInt;
34  
35  /*
36   * Created on 16 oct. 2003
37   */
38  
39  /**
40   * Basic constraint abstraction used in Solver.
41   * 
42   * Any new constraint type should implement that interface.
43   * 
44   * @author leberre
45   */
46  public interface Constr extends IConstr {
47  
48      /**
49       * Remove a constraint from the solver.
50       * 
51       * @param upl
52       * @since 2.1
53       */
54      void remove(UnitPropagationListener upl);
55  
56      /**
57       * Simplifies a constraint, by removing top level falsified literals for
58       * instance.
59       * 
60       * @return true iff the constraint is satisfied and can be removed from the
61       *         database.
62       */
63      boolean simplify();
64  
65      /**
66       * Compute the reason for a given assignment.
67       * 
68       * If the constraint is a clause, it is supposed to be either a unit clause
69       * or a falsified one. It is expected that the falsification of the
70       * constraint has been detected as soon at is occurs (e.g. using
71       * {@link Propagatable#propagate(UnitPropagationListener, int)}.
72       * 
73       * 
74       * @param p
75       *            a satisfied literal (or Lit.UNDEFINED)
76       * @param outReason
77       *            the list of falsified literals whose negation is the reason of
78       *            the assignment of p to true.
79       */
80      void calcReason(int p, IVecInt outReason);
81  
82      /**
83       * Compute the reason for a given assignment in a the constraint created on
84       * the fly in the solver. Compared to the method
85       * {@link #calcReason(int, IVecInt)}, the falsification may not have been
86       * detected as soon as possible. As such, it is necessary to take into
87       * account the order of the literals in the trail.
88       * 
89       * @param p
90       *            a satisfied literal (or Lit.UNDEFINED)
91       * @param trail
92       *            all the literals satisfied in the solvers, should not be
93       *            modified.
94       * @param outReason
95       *            a list of falsified literals whose negation is the reason of
96       *            the assignment of p to true.
97       * @since 2.3.3
98       */
99      void calcReasonOnTheFly(int p, IVecInt trail, IVecInt outReason);
100 
101     /**
102      * Increase the constraint activity.
103      * 
104      * @param claInc
105      *            the value to increase the activity with
106      */
107     void incActivity(double claInc);
108 
109     /**
110      * 
111      * @param claInc
112      * @since 2.1
113      * 
114      */
115     @Deprecated
116     void forwardActivity(double claInc);
117 
118     /**
119      * Indicate wether a constraint is responsible from an assignment.
120      * 
121      * @return true if a constraint is a "reason" for an assignment.
122      */
123     boolean locked();
124 
125     /**
126      * Mark a constraint as learnt.
127      */
128 
129     void setLearnt();
130 
131     /**
132      * Register the constraint to the solver.
133      */
134     void register();
135 
136     /**
137      * Rescale the clause activity by a value.
138      * 
139      * @param d
140      *            the value to rescale the clause activity with.
141      */
142     void rescaleBy(double d);
143 
144     /**
145      * Set the activity at a specific value
146      * 
147      * @param d
148      *            the new activity
149      * @since 2.3.1
150      */
151     void setActivity(double d);
152 
153     /**
154      * Method called when the constraint is to be asserted. It means that the
155      * constraint was learned during the search and it should now propagate some
156      * truth values. In the clausal case, only one literal should be propagated.
157      * In other cases, it might be different.
158      * 
159      * @param s
160      *            a UnitPropagationListener to use for unit propagation.
161      */
162     void assertConstraint(UnitPropagationListener s);
163 
164 }