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package org.jamesii.ml3.simulator.rates;

import org.jamesii.ml3.model.agents.rules.rates.IRate;
import org.jamesii.ml3.simulator.context.IContext;

/**
 * An activation time drawer draws rule activation times given a rate.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Reinhardt
 *
 */
public interface IActivationTimeDrawer {
	/**
	 * Returns an activation time according to the distribution describes by the rate.
	 * 
	 * @param r the rate
	 * @param c the context
	 * @return an activation time according to the distribution describes by the rate
	 */
	public double drawActivationTime(IRate r, IContext c);
	
	/**
	 * Returns an activation time according to the distribution describes by the rate.
	 * 
	 * @param r the rate
	 * @param c the context
	 * @return an activation time according to the distribution describes by the rate
	 */
	public RateEvaluationProtocol drawActivationTimeAndProtocol(IRate r, IContext c);
}