OutputPathStep.java

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 * Copyright 2015 by Thomas Lottermann
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package notaql.model.path;

import notaql.datamodel.fixation.Fixation;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * An output path may consist of multiple steps (TODO: this is not really the case right now)
 * This is the base interface for such a step.
 */
public interface OutputPathStep extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Provides the names of this step for target path determination
     * @param step
     * @param fixation
     * @return
     */
    public List<StepNameEvaluationResult> evaluateStepName(StepNameEvaluationResult step, Fixation fixation);
}