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package com.ibm.wala.fixpoint;
import com.ibm.wala.util.CancelException;
import com.ibm.wala.util.MonitorUtil.IProgressMonitor;
/**
* Solves a set of constraints
*/
public interface IFixedPointSolver<T extends IVariable> {
/**
* @return the set of statements solved by this {@link IFixedPointSolver}
*/
public IFixedPointSystem<T> getFixedPointSystem();
/**
* Solve the problem.
* <p>
* PRECONDITION: graph is set up
*
* @return true iff the evaluation of some constraint caused a change in the
* value of some variable.
*/
public boolean solve(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CancelException;
}