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/* Copyright (C) 2013-2014 TU Dortmund
* This file is part of LearnLib, http://www.learnlib.de/.
*
* LearnLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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package de.learnlib.api;
import java.util.Collection;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import net.automatalib.words.Word;
import de.learnlib.oracles.DefaultQuery;
/**
* Membership oracle interface. A membership oracle provides an elementary abstraction
* to a System Under Learning (SUL), by allowing to pose {@link DefaultQuery}s: A query is a sequence
* of input symbols (divided into a prefix and a suffix part, cf. {@link DefaultQuery#getPrefix()}
* and {@link DefaultQuery#getSuffix()}, in reaction to which the SUL produces a specific observable
* behavior (outputting a word, acceptance/rejection etc.).
*
* @author Malte Isberner
* @author Maik Merten
*
* @see DefaultQuery
*/
public interface MembershipOracle {
static interface DFAMembershipOracle extends MembershipOracle {}
static interface MealyMembershipOracle extends MembershipOracle> {}
/**
* Processes the specified collection of queries. When this method returns,
* the output field of each of the contained queries should reflect the SUL
* response to the respective query.
*
* @param queries the queries to process
* @see DefaultQuery#getOutput()
*/
public void processQueries(@Nonnull Collection> queries);
}