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package com.vii.brillien.kernel.axiom.component;

/**
 * Every progressor object can fluctuate which flow can be ruled by using a StateDivision object.
 * The quantity correspondence regarding Progressor:StateDivision is ridigly 1:n
 */
public interface StateDivision {

    /**
     * Decides whether the state transition is valid or not
     * @param from actual state
     * @param to target state
     * @return boolean value of the decision
     */
    boolean isValidTransition( State from, State to );

}