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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  import org.sat4j.specs.UnitPropagationListener;
35  
36  /*
37   * Created on 16 oct. 2003
38   */
39  
40  /**
41   * Basic constraint abstraction used in Solver.
42   * 
43   * Any new constraint type should implement that interface.
44   * 
45   * @author leberre
46   */
47  public interface Constr extends IConstr {
48  
49      /**
50       * Remove a constraint from the solver.
51       * 
52       * @param upl
53       * @since 2.1
54       */
55      void remove(UnitPropagationListener upl);
56  
57      /**
58       * Simplifies a constraint, by removing top level falsified literals for
59       * instance.
60       * 
61       * @return true iff the constraint is satisfied and can be removed from the
62       *         database.
63       */
64      boolean simplify();
65  
66      /**
67       * Compute the reason for a given assignment.
68       * 
69       * If the constraint is a clause, it is supposed to be either a unit clause
70       * or a falsified one. It is expected that the falsification of the
71       * constraint has been detected as soon at is occurs (e.g. using
72       * {@link Propagatable#propagate(UnitPropagationListener, int)}.
73       * 
74       * 
75       * @param p
76       *            a satisfied literal (or Lit.UNDEFINED)
77       * @param outReason
78       *            the list of falsified literals whose negation is the reason of
79       *            the assignment of p to true.
80       */
81      void calcReason(int p, IVecInt outReason);
82  
83      /**
84       * Compute the reason for a given assignment in a the constraint created on
85       * the fly in the solver. Compared to the method
86       * {@link #calcReason(int, IVecInt)}, the falsification may not have been
87       * detected as soon as possible. As such, it is necessary to take into
88       * account the order of the literals in the trail.
89       * 
90       * @param p
91       *            a satisfied literal (or Lit.UNDEFINED)
92       * @param trail
93       *            all the literals satisfied in the solvers, should not be
94       *            modified.
95       * @param outReason
96       *            a list of falsified literals whose negation is the reason of
97       *            the assignment of p to true.
98       * @since 2.3.3
99       */
100     void calcReasonOnTheFly(int p, IVecInt trail, IVecInt outReason);
101 
102     /**
103      * Increase the constraint activity.
104      * 
105      * @param claInc
106      *            the value to increase the activity with
107      */
108     void incActivity(double claInc);
109 
110     /**
111      * 
112      * @param claInc
113      * @since 2.1
114      * 
115      */
116     @Deprecated
117     void forwardActivity(double claInc);
118 
119     /**
120      * Indicate wether a constraint is responsible from an assignment.
121      * 
122      * @return true if a constraint is a "reason" for an assignment.
123      */
124     boolean locked();
125 
126     /**
127      * Mark a constraint as learnt.
128      */
129 
130     void setLearnt();
131 
132     /**
133      * Register the constraint to the solver.
134      */
135     void register();
136 
137     /**
138      * Rescale the clause activity by a value.
139      * 
140      * @param d
141      *            the value to rescale the clause activity with.
142      */
143     void rescaleBy(double d);
144 
145     /**
146      * Set the activity at a specific value
147      * 
148      * @param d
149      *            the new activity
150      * @since 2.3.1
151      */
152     void setActivity(double d);
153 
154     /**
155      * Method called when the constraint is to be asserted. It means that the
156      * constraint was learned during the search and it should now propagate some
157      * truth values. In the clausal case, only one literal should be propagated.
158      * In other cases, it might be different.
159      * 
160      * @param s
161      *            a UnitPropagationListener to use for unit propagation.
162      */
163     void assertConstraint(UnitPropagationListener s);
164 
165     /**
166      * Method called when the constraint is added to the solver "on the fly". In
167      * that case, the constraint may or may not have to propagate some literals,
168      * unlike the {@link #assertConstraint(UnitPropagationListener)} method.
169      * 
170      * @param s
171      *            a UnitPropagationListener to use for unit propagation.
172      * @since 2.3.4
173      */
174     void assertConstraintIfNeeded(UnitPropagationListener s);
175 
176 }