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package acceptance;

import jdd.JDDNode;

/**
 * Generic interface for an omega-regular acceptance condition (BDD-based).
 */
public interface AcceptanceOmegaDD
{
	/** Returns true if the bottom strongly connected component (BSSC)
	 *  given by bscc_states is accepting for this acceptance condition.
	 * <br>[ REFS: <i>none</i>, DEREFS: <i>none</i> ]
	 **/
	public boolean isBSCCAccepting(JDDNode bscc_states);

	/**
	 * Get a string describing the acceptance condition's size,
	 * i.e. "x Rabin pairs", etc.
	 */
	public String getSizeStatistics();

	/** Returns the AcceptanceType of this acceptance condition */
	public AcceptanceType getType();

	/** Returns the type of this acceptance condition as a String,
	 * i.e., "R" for Rabin
	 */
	@Deprecated
	public String getTypeAbbreviated();

	/**
	 * Clear the resources used by this acceptance condition.
	 * Call to ensure that the JDD based state sets actually get
	 * dereferenced.
	 */
	void clear();

	/** Returns a full name for this acceptance condition */
	@Deprecated
	public String getTypeName();
}