/**
* Copyright (C) 2001-3, Anthony Harrison anh23@pitt.edu 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 org.jactr.core.production;
import java.util.Map;
/*
* IInstantiation is not thread safe - only one thread should work with a given
* instantiation at a time
*/
/**
* Description of the Interface
*
* @author harrison
* @created April 18, 2003
*/
public interface IInstantiation extends IProduction
{
/**
* Gets the variableBindings attribute of the IInstantiation object
*
* @return The variableBindings value
*/
public Map<String, Object> getVariableBindings();
/**
* Gets the production attribute of the IInstantiation object
*
* @return The production value
*/
public IProduction getProduction();
/**
* Gets the timeFired attribute of the IInstantiation object
*
* @return The timeFired value
*/
public double getTimeFired();
/**
* Gets the actionLatency attribute of the IInstantiation object
*
* @return The actionLatency value
*/
public double getActionLatency();
/**
* fire the instantiation returning the amount of time it should take
* @param firingTime TODO
*
* @return
*/
public double fire(double firingTime);
}