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/*
 *  This file is part of "TweetyProject", a collection of Java libraries for
 *  logical aspects of artificial intelligence and knowledge representation.
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package net.sf.tweety.action.description.analysis;

import net.sf.tweety.action.description.syntax.ActionDescription;
import net.sf.tweety.action.description.syntax.CausalLaw;
import net.sf.tweety.logics.commons.analysis.ConsistencyTester;

/**
 * Classes implementing this interface are capable of checking whether a given
 * action description is consistent according to some consistency measurements.
 *
 * @author Sebastian Homann
 * @author Tim Janus
 * @param  the type of causal law
 */
public interface ActionDescriptionConsistencyTester extends ConsistencyTester>{

  /**
   * Checks whether the given set of causal rules is consistent.
   *
   * @param causalRules a set of causal rules.
   * @return true iff the given set of causal rules is consistent.
   */
  boolean isConsistent(ActionDescription causalRules );
}