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package de.learnlib.datastructure.observationtable;

/**
 * A description of an inconsistency in an {@link GenericObservationTable}. An inconsistency consists of two short
 * prefixes <code>u</code>, <code>u'</code> with identical contents, and an input symbol <code>a</code>, such that the
 * rows for <code>ua</code> and <code>u'a</code> have different contents.
 *
 * @param <I>
 *         input symbol type
 *
 * @author Malte Isberner
 */
public class Inconsistency<I> {

    private final Row<I> firstRow;
    private final Row<I> secondRow;
    private final I symbol;

    public Inconsistency(Row<I> firstRow, Row<I> secondRow, I symbol) {
        this.firstRow = firstRow;
        this.secondRow = secondRow;
        this.symbol = symbol;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the first (short prefix) row constituting the inconsistency.
     *
     * @return the first row
     */
    public Row<I> getFirstRow() {
        return firstRow;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the second (short prefix) row constituting the inconsistency.
     *
     * @return the second row
     */
    public Row<I> getSecondRow() {
        return secondRow;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the symbol for which's one-letter extensions the corresponding rows have different contents.
     *
     * @return the symbol
     */
    public I getSymbol() {
        return symbol;
    }
}
