01: package org.mandarax.reference;
02:
03: /*
04: * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</a>
05: *
06: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
08: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
09: * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
19: */
20:
21: import org.mandarax.kernel.UnificationAlgorithm;
22:
23: /**
24: * Extended unification algorithm that keeps a reference to the semantic evaluation policy
25: * and can use it in order to unify terms.
26: * @see org.mandarax.reference.ResolutionInferenceEngine
27: * @author <A href="http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/JBDietrich" target="_top">Jens Dietrich</A>
28: * @version 3.4 <7 March 05>
29: * @since 2.2.1
30: */
31:
32: public interface ExtendedUnificationAlgorithm extends
33: UnificationAlgorithm {
34: /**
35: * Returns the semantic evaluation policy.
36: * @return the semantic evaluation policy
37: */
38: SemanticEvaluationPolicy getSemanticEvaluationPolicy();
39:
40: /**
41: * Sets the semantic evaluation policy.
42: * @param semanticEvaluationPolicy The semantic evaluation policy to set
43: */
44: void setSemanticEvaluationPolicy(
45: SemanticEvaluationPolicy semanticEvaluationPolicy);
46: }
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