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//	* Joachim Klein <klein@tcs.inf.tu-dresden.de> (TU Dresden)
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package explicit;

import parser.ast.Expression;

/**
 * Interface for a model and expression transformation.<br>
 *
 * Implementing classes provide a combined model and expression transformation, allowing the calculation
 * of a (potentially simpler) expression in the transformed model to calculate the result of the
 * original expression in the original model.<br>
 *
 * The general idea is the following sequence of calls:<br>
 *
 * {@code ModelExpressionTransformation t = ...;}<br>
 * {@code StateValues resultTransformed = check t.getTransformedExpression() in t.getTransformedModel()}<br>
 * {@code StateValues result = t.projectToOriginalModel(resultTransformed);}
 */
public interface ModelExpressionTransformation<OriginalModel extends Model, TransformedModel extends Model>
       extends ModelTransformation<OriginalModel, TransformedModel> {

	/** Get the original expression. */
	public Expression getOriginalExpression();

	/** Get the transformed expression. */
	public Expression getTransformedExpression();
}