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+//==============================================================================
+//	
+//	Copyright (c) 2017-
+//	Authors:
+//	* Joachim Klein <klein@tcs.inf.tu-dresden.de> (TU Dresden)
+//	
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//	
+//	This file is part of PRISM.
+//	
+//	PRISM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//	(at your option) any later version.
+//	
+//	PRISM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//	GNU General Public License for more details.
+//	
+//	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//	along with PRISM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+//	Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+//	
+//==============================================================================
+
+package explicit.rewards;
+
+import explicit.Model;
+import explicit.Product;
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper for a given MCRewards structure.
+ * This wrapper ensures that there are only non-negative rewards by
+ * setting all negative rewards to 0.0.
+ * Optionally, the rewards are negated beforehand, i.e., all negative rewards
+ * become positive and all previously positive rewards are mapped to 0.0.
+ */
+public class MCRewardsPositive implements MCRewards
+{
+	/** Should we negate? */
+	private boolean negate = false;
+	/** The underlying reward structure */
+	private MCRewards rew;
+
+	/** Constructor, don't negate */
+	public MCRewardsPositive(MCRewards rew)
+	{
+		this(rew, false);
+	}
+
+	/** Constructor, optionally negate */
+	public MCRewardsPositive(MCRewards rew, boolean negate)
+	{
+		this.rew = rew;
+		this.negate = negate;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasTransitionRewards()
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasPositiveRewards()
+	{
+		if (negate) {
+			return rew.hasNegativeRewards();
+		} else {
+			return rew.hasPositiveRewards();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasNegativeRewards()
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public double getStateReward(int s)
+	{
+		double r = rew.getStateReward(s);
+		if (negate) {
+			r = -r;
+		}
+		if (r < 0) {
+			r = 0;
+		}
+
+		return r;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public MCRewards liftFromModel(Product<? extends Model> product)
+	{
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+}