com.exigen.ie.constrainer.IntVarSelector Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package com.exigen.ie.constrainer;
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/**
* An interface for the selection of the integer variable from a given array of variables.
* Used in GoalGenerate.
* @see GoalGenerate
* @see IntVarSelectorFirstUnbound
* @see IntVarSelectorMinSize
* @see IntVarSelectorMinSizeMin
*/
public interface IntVarSelector extends java.io.Serializable
{
/**
* Returns the index of the selected variable in the array of IntVar(s).
* If no variables to select, it returns -1;
*/
public int select();
}