001package org.cpsolver.ifs.model; 002 003import java.util.Map; 004 005import org.cpsolver.ifs.assignment.Assignment; 006 007 008/** 009 * An extension of the {@link InfoProvider} class providing extended information. The extended info 010 * may be computationally more expensive as it is only computed when needed (see {@link Model#getExtendedInfo(Assignment)}). 011 * 012 * @see Model 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 031 * <a href='http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>. 032 * @param <V> Variable 033 * @param <T> Value 034 */ 035public interface ExtendedInfoProvider<V extends Variable<V, T>, T extends Value<V, T>> extends InfoProvider<V, T> { 036 037 /** 038 * Extended information about current solution. Similar to 039 * {@link InfoProvider#getInfo(Assignment, Map)}, but some more information (that is more 040 * expensive to compute) might be added. 041 * @param assignment current assignment 042 * @param info extended info 043 */ 044 public void getExtendedInfo(Assignment<V, T> assignment, Map<String, String> info); 045 046}