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package org.drools.core.spi;
import org.drools.core.common.InternalFactHandle;
import org.drools.core.common.InternalWorkingMemory;
import org.drools.core.rule.ContextEntry;
import org.drools.core.rule.Declaration;
import java.io.Externalizable;
public interface Restriction
extends
Externalizable,
Cloneable {
Declaration[] getRequiredDeclarations();
public boolean isAllowed(InternalReadAccessor extractor,
InternalFactHandle handle,
InternalWorkingMemory workingMemory,
ContextEntry context );
public boolean isAllowedCachedLeft(ContextEntry context,
InternalFactHandle handle);
public boolean isAllowedCachedRight(Tuple tuple,
ContextEntry context);
public ContextEntry createContextEntry();
/**
* A restriction may be required to replace an old
* declaration object by a new updated one
*
* @param oldDecl
* @param newDecl
*/
void replaceDeclaration(Declaration oldDecl,
Declaration newDecl);
public Evaluator getEvaluator();
/**
* Returns true if this is a temporal restriction
*
* @return
*/
public boolean isTemporal();
public Restriction clone();
}