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package soot.toolkits.graph;

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import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Defines the notion of a directed graph.
 * 
 * @param N
 *          node type
 */
public interface DirectedGraph extends Iterable {
  /**
   * Returns a list of entry points for this graph.
   */
  public List getHeads();

  /** Returns a list of exit points for this graph. */
  public List getTails();

  /**
   * Returns a list of predecessors for the given node in the graph.
   */
  public List getPredsOf(N s);

  /**
   * Returns a list of successors for the given node in the graph.
   */
  public List getSuccsOf(N s);

  /**
   * Returns the node count for this graph.
   */
  public int size();

  /**
   * Returns an iterator for the nodes in this graph. No specific ordering of the nodes is guaranteed.
   */
  public Iterator iterator();
}