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* Created on Sep 21, 2004
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package rationals.properties;

import rationals.Automaton;

/**
 * Interface describing binary tests (ie. tests between two automata).
 * 
 * @author nono
 * @version $Id: BinaryTest.java 2 2006-08-24 14:41:48Z oqube $
 */
public interface BinaryTest {

  /**
   * Tests that some predicate is true for two given automata.
   * 
   * @param a
   * @param b
   * @return
   */
  public boolean test(Automaton a, Automaton b);
  
}

/* 
 * $Log: BinaryTest.java,v $
 * Revision 1.1  2005/03/23 07:22:42  bailly
 * created transductions package
 * corrected EpsilonRemover
 * added some tests
 * removed DirectedGRaph Interface from Automaton
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2004/09/21 11:50:28  bailly
 * added interface BinaryTest
 * added class for testing automaton equivalence (isomorphism of normalized automata)
 * added computation of RE from Automaton
 *
*/