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* This file is part of "TweetyProject", a collection of Java libraries for
* logical aspects of artificial intelligence and knowledge representation.
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* Copyright 2018 The TweetyProject Team
*/
package org.tweetyproject.commons;
/**
* The general interface for objects that are able to query a belief base
* with some formula.
*
* @author Matthias Thimm
*
* @param the type of output to a query
* @param the belief base type that can be queried
* @param the type of formulas that can be queries
*/
public interface Reasoner {
/**
* Queries the given belief base for the given formula.
* @param beliefbase a belief base
* @param formula a formula
* @return the answer to the query
*/
public O query(B beliefbase, F formula);
}