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/* This file is part of the OWL API.
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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.model;


/**
 * Functional interface for a visitor that applies a function to two arguments,
 * and returns a value. This is used by OWLNaryAxiom to pass the elements in its
 * collection in pairs, e.g., all pairwise disjoint class expressions in a
 * disjoint class axiom.
 *
 * @param  type of elements to accept
 * @author ignazio
 * @since 5.0.0
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface OWLPairwiseBooleanVisitor {

    /**
     * The order of the arguments depend on the visited element.
     *
     * @param a first argument
     * @param b second argument
     * @return return value for the visitor
     */
    boolean visit(C a, C b);
}