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InstanceIndexManager.java

package edu.ksu.cis.bandera.bofa;

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/* 
 * InstanceIndexManager.java 
 * $Id: InstanceIndexManager.java,v 1.1.1.1 2002/01/24 03:42:08 pserver Exp $
 */

/**
 * The interface to be implemented by any IndexManager which manages the index
 * for instance variable variance.
 *
 * @author <A HREF="http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~hatcliff">John Hatcliff</A>
 * @author
 * <a href="http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~rvprasad">Venkatesh Prasad Ranganath</a>
 * @version $Name:  $($Revision: 1.1.1.1 $)
 */
public abstract class InstanceIndexManager
{
    /**
     * Resets the data structures maintained by the manager.
     *
     */
    public void reset() {}
    /**
     * Selects the index associated with the instance variable variant.
     *
     * @return the associated index. 
     */
    public abstract Index select();
}

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