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  package at.ac.tuwien.kr.alpha.core.solver;
  
  import at.ac.tuwien.kr.alpha.api.config.BinaryNoGoodPropagationEstimationStrategy;
  
  /**
   * Offers methods to estimate the effect of propagating binary nogoods.
   */
  public interface BinaryNoGoodPropagationEstimation {
  
  	/**
  	 * Uses {@code strategy} to estimate the number of direct consequences of propagating binary nogoods after assigning
  	 * {@code truth} to {@code atom}.
  	 *
  	 * If {@code strategy} is {@link BinaryNoGoodPropagationEstimationStrategy#BinaryNoGoodPropagation}, {@code truth} is assigned to {@code atom},
  	 * only binary nogoods are propagated, a backtrack is executed, and the number of atoms that have been assigned
  	 * additionally during this process is returned.
  	 *
  	 * If {@code strategy} is {@link BinaryNoGoodPropagationEstimationStrategy#CountBinaryWatches}, on the other hand, the number of binary watches on
  	 * the literal given by {@code atom} and {@code truth} is returned.
  	 *
  	 * @param atom the atom to estimate effects for
  	 * @param truth gives, together with {@code atom}, a literal to estimate effects for
  	 * @param strategy the strategy to use for estimation. If {@link BinaryNoGoodPropagationEstimationStrategy#BinaryNoGoodPropagation} is given but
  	 *                 no binary nogoods exist, {@link BinaryNoGoodPropagationEstimationStrategy#CountBinaryWatches} will be used instead.
  	 * @return an estimate on the effects of propagating binary nogoods after assigning {@code truth} to {@code atom}.
  	 */
  	int estimate(int atom, boolean truth, BinaryNoGoodPropagationEstimationStrategy strategy);
  
  }
  