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package cdc.applic.factorization;

import java.util.List;

import cdc.applic.expressions.Expression;
import cdc.applic.factorization.events.SplitEvent;
import cdc.applic.factorization.handlers.SplitHandler;

/**
 * Given a set of objects that have disjoint applicabilities and a target applicability,
 * this is used to produce a new set where exactly one object has a target applicability
 * and all other have an applicability that does not intersect with target applicability.
 *
 * @author Damien Carbonne
 */
public interface Splitter {
    /**
     * Split a set of objects that have disjoint applicabilities.
     * 
     * This can:
     * 

     * Change (reduce) that applicability of an object
     * 
Remove an object
     * 
Create an object, which can happen at most once.
     * 
Reuse an object (that is the merge of remove/create and can happen at most once).
     * 
     *
     * @param  The object type.
     * @param objects The objects.
     * @param targetApplicability The target applicability.
     * @param applicabilityExtractor The applicability extractor.
     * @param features The features to apply.
     * @param handler The event handler.
     */
    public  void split(List objects,
                          Expression targetApplicability,
                          ApplicabilityExtractor applicabilityExtractor,
                          FactorizationFeatures features,
                          SplitHandler handler);

    public  List> split(List objects,
                                         Expression targetApplicability,
                                         ApplicabilityExtractor applicabilityExtractor,
                                         FactorizationFeatures features);
}