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ELK consequence-based reasoning engine

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package org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.conclusions;

import org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.saturation.context.Context;

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/**
 * A general type of conclusions, produced by inference rules. This is the main
 * type of information that is exchanged between {@link Context}s. When a
 * {@link Conclusion} has been derived for a particular {@link Context}, it
 * should be processed within this context.
 * 
 * @author "Yevgeny Kazakov"
 * 
 */
public interface Conclusion {

	public  R accept(ConclusionVisitor visitor, Context context);
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param contextWhereStored
	 * @return The context which this conclusion is logically relevant for, or {@code null} if none
	 */
	public Context getSourceContext(Context contextWhereStored);
	

}