001/* Copyright (C) 2013 TU Dortmund
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017package net.automatalib.automata.simple;
018
019import java.util.Collection;
020
021import net.automatalib.automata.concepts.StateIDs;
022import net.automatalib.ts.simple.SimpleTS;
023
024
025/**
026 * A simple automaton, i.e., a {@link SimpleTS} with a finite number of states.
027 * 
028 * @author Malte Isberner <malte.isberner@gmail.com>
029 *
030 * @param <S> state class.
031 * @param <I> input symbol class.
032 */
033public interface SimpleAutomaton<S, I> extends SimpleTS<S,I>, Iterable<S> {
034        /**
035     * Retrieves all states of the transition system.
036     * Implementing classes should return an unmodifiable
037     * collection
038     * @return all states in the transition system
039     */
040        public Collection<S> getStates();
041        
042        /**
043         * Retrieves the size (number of states) of this transition system.
044         * @return the number of states of this transition system
045         */
046        public int size();
047        
048
049        public StateIDs<S> stateIDs();
050}