/*
* FindBugs - Find Bugs in Java programs
* Copyright (C) 2006, University of Maryland
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile;
/**
* Engine for performing an analysis on classes.
*
* @author David Hovemeyer
*/
public interface IClassAnalysisEngine<ResultType> extends IAnalysisEngine<ClassDescriptor, ResultType> {
/**
* Return true if analysis results produced by this
* analysis engine can be recomputed.
* Unless some correctness criterion prevents analysis results
* from being recomputed, analysis engines should
* return true (allowing the cache to be kept to a manageable size).
*
* @return true if analysis results produced by this engine
* can be recomputed, false if for some reason the
* analysis results must be retained indefinitely
*/
public boolean canRecompute();
}