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OptaPlanner solves planning problems. This lightweight, embeddable planning engine implements powerful and scalable algorithms to optimize business resource scheduling and planning. This module contains the examples which demonstrate how to use it in a normal Java application.

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package org.optaplanner.examples.common.experimental.api;

/**
 * A Sequence is a series of consecutive values. For instance,
 * the list [1,2,4,5,6,10] has three sequences: [1,2], [4,5,6], and [10].
 *
 * @param  The type of value in the sequence
 * @param  The type of difference between values in the sequence
 */
public interface Sequence> {
    /**
     * @return never null, the first item in the sequence
     */
    Value_ getFirstItem();

    /**
     * @return never null, the last item in the sequence
     */
    Value_ getLastItem();

    /**
     * @return true if and only if this is the first Sequence
     */
    boolean isFirst();

    /**
     * @return true if and only if this is the last Sequence
     */
    boolean isLast();

    /**
     * @return If this is not the first sequence, the break before it. Otherwise, null.
     */
    Break getPreviousBreak();

    /**
     * @return If this is not the last sequence, the break after it. Otherwise, null.
     */
    Break getNextBreak();

    /**
     * @return never null, an iterable that can iterate through this sequence
     */
    Iterable getItems();

    /**
     * @return the number of items in this sequence
     */
    int getCount();

    /**
     * @return never null, the difference between the last item and
     *         first item in this sequence
     */
    Difference_ getLength();
}




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