/**
 * Copyright 2016, Auctionomics, Alexandre Fréchette, Neil Newman, Kevin Leyton-Brown.
 *
 * This file is part of SATFC.
 *
 * SATFC 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 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * SATFC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with SATFC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * For questions, contact us at:
 * afrechet@cs.ubc.ca
 */
package ca.ubc.cs.beta.stationpacking.facade.datamanager.solver.bundles;

import ca.ubc.cs.beta.stationpacking.base.StationPackingInstance;
import ca.ubc.cs.beta.stationpacking.datamanagers.constraints.IConstraintManager;
import ca.ubc.cs.beta.stationpacking.datamanagers.stations.IStationManager;
import ca.ubc.cs.beta.stationpacking.solvers.ISolver;

/**
 * A solver bundle that holds solvers for a specific problem domain.
 * Also performs solver selection when queried with a problem instance.
 *
 * @author afrechet
 */
public interface ISolverBundle extends AutoCloseable {

    /**
     * @param aInstance - the instance for which a solver is needed.
     * @return the solver contained in the bundle for the given instance.
     */
    ISolver getSolver(StationPackingInstance aInstance);

    /**
     * @return the station manager contained in the bundle.
     */
    IStationManager getStationManager();

    /**
     * @return the constraint manager contained in the bundle.
     */
    IConstraintManager getConstraintManager();

    /**
     * Get enabled checkers
     */
    default String getCheckers() {
        return "";
    }

}
