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package edu.cmu.tetrad.search;

import edu.cmu.tetrad.graph.Graph;
import edu.cmu.tetrad.graph.Node;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Finds the minimal graphical changes that block a collection of d-connecting undirectedPaths.
 *
 * @author Tyler Gibson
 */
class PossibleGraphicalChangeFinder {


    /**
     * The pag that the undirectedPaths are relative to.
     */
    private Graph pag;


    /**
     * The separation sets.
     */
    private List<List<Node>> separations;

    /**
     * Constructs the finder given the undirectedPaths that must be blocked.
     */
    public PossibleGraphicalChangeFinder(Graph pag, Collection<Collection<Node>> separations) {
        if (pag == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("The given pag must not be null.");
        }
        if (separations == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("The given separation sets must not be null.");
        }
        this.pag = pag;
        this.separations = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Collection<Node> sep : separations) {
            this.separations.add(new ArrayList<>(sep));
        }
    }
}



