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/* Soot - a J*va Optimization Framework
* Copyright (C) 2002 Ondrej Lhotak
*
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package soot;
import java.util.*;
import soot.jimple.ClassConstant;
/** A generic interface to some set of runtime objects computed by a
* pointer analysis.
* @author Ondrej Lhotak
*/
public interface PointsToSet {
/** Returns true if this set contains no run-time objects. */
public boolean isEmpty();
/** Returns true if this set shares some objects with other. */
public boolean hasNonEmptyIntersection( PointsToSet other );
/** Set of all possible run-time types of objects in the set. */
public Set possibleTypes();
/** If this points-to set consists entirely of string constants,
* returns a set of these constant strings.
* If this point-to set may contain something other than constant
* strings, returns null. */
public Set possibleStringConstants();
/** If this points-to set consists entirely of objects of
* type java.lang.Class of a known class,
* returns a set of ClassConstant's that are these classes.
* If this point-to set may contain something else, returns null. */
public Set possibleClassConstants();
}