001package org.cpsolver.ifs.assignment.context; 002 003import org.cpsolver.ifs.assignment.Assignment; 004 005/** 006 * An additional interface that can be implemented by the {@link HasAssignmentContext} class. 007 * The assignment context holder (see {@link AssignmentContextHolder}) can than use this interface 008 * to store assignment contexts directly on the {@link HasAssignmentContext} class, if the 009 * assignment permits it (the {@link Assignment#getIndex()} is implemented, i.e., a non negative 010 * index is returned). 011 * 012 * @see HasAssignmentContext 013 * 014 * @version IFS 1.3 (Iterative Forward Search)<br> 015 * Copyright (C) 2014 Tomáš Müller<br> 016 * <a href="mailto:muller@unitime.org">muller@unitime.org</a><br> 017 * <a href="http://muller.unitime.org">http://muller.unitime.org</a><br> 018 * <br> 019 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 020 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 021 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the 022 * License, or (at your option) any later version. <br> 023 * <br> 024 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 025 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 026 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 027 * Lesser General Public License for more details. <br> 028 * <br> 029 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 030 * License along with this library; if not see <a href='http://www.gnu.org/licenses'>http://www.gnu.org/licenses</a>. 031 **/ 032public interface CanHoldContext { 033 /** 034 * Maximum number of assignment contexts to be held 035 */ 036 public static int sMaxSize = 17; 037 038 /** 039 * An array of {@link CanHoldContext#sMaxSize} assignment contexts 040 * @return assignment contexts 041 */ 042 public AssignmentContext[] getContext(); 043}