/*
* Copyright (c) 2003, the JUNG Project and the Regents of the University
* of California
* All rights reserved.
*
* This software is open-source under the BSD license; see either
* "license.txt" or
* http://jung.sourceforge.net/license.txt for a description.
*/
package edu.uci.ics.jung.algorithms.generators;
/**
* An interface for algorithms that generate graphs that evolve iteratively.
*
* @author Scott White
*/
public interface EvolvingGraphGenerator<V, E> extends GraphGenerator<V, E> {
/**
* Instructs the algorithm to evolve the graph N steps.
*
* @param numSteps
* number of steps to iterate from the current state
*/
void evolveGraph(int numSteps);
/**
* Retrieves the total number of steps elapsed.
*
* @return number of elapsed steps
*/
int numIterations();
}