//==============================================================================
//	
//	Copyright (c) 2014-
//	Authors:
//	* Joachim Klein <klein@tcs.inf.tu-dresden.de> (TU Dresden)
//	
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//	
//	This file is part of PRISM.
//	
//	PRISM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
//	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
//	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
//	(at your option) any later version.
//	
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//	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//	GNU General Public License for more details.
//	
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//	along with PRISM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
//	Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
//	
//==============================================================================

package explicit;

import prism.PrismException;

/**
 * Interface for a model transformation.
 */
public interface ModelTransformation<OriginalModel extends Model, TransformedModel extends Model> {

	/** Get the original model. */
	public OriginalModel getOriginalModel();

	/** Get the transformed model. */
	public TransformedModel getTransformedModel();

	/**
	 * Take a {@code StateValues} object for the transformed model and
	 * project the values to the original model.
	 * @param svTransformedModel a {@code StateValues} object for the transformed model
	 * @return a corresponding {@code StateValues} object for the original model.
	 **/
	public StateValues projectToOriginalModel(StateValues svTransformedModel) throws PrismException;
}
