001    /*
002     * hammurapi-rules @mesopotamia.version@
003     * Hammurapi rules engine. 
004     * Copyright (C) 2005  Hammurapi Group
005     *
006     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009     * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010     *
011     * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015     *
016     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
017     * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
018     * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
019     *
020     * URL: http://http://www.hammurapi.biz
021     * e-Mail: support@hammurapi.biz
022     */
023    package biz.hammurapi.rules;
024    
025    import java.util.List;
026    
027    /**
028     * Implementations of this interface preprocess object collections before returning them from
029     * RuleSession.getObjects(). Unlike ObjectFilter this method works on entire collection of facts 
030     * and conclusions.
031     * @author Pavel Vlasov
032     * @revision $Revision$
033     */
034    public interface KnowledgeCompactor {
035            
036            /**
037             * Removes unnecessary items from the collection.
038             * @param source
039             * @return
040             */
041            List compact(List source);
042    
043    }