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package de.learnlib.api;

import net.automatalib.words.Word;

public interface AccessSequenceTransformer<I> {

    Word<I> transformAccessSequence(Word<I> word);

    default Word<I> longestASPrefix(Word<I> word) {
        int len = word.length();
        Word<I> lastPrefix = Word.epsilon();
        for (int i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
            Word<I> prefix = word.prefix(i);
            if (!isAccessSequence(prefix)) {
                return lastPrefix;
            }
            lastPrefix = prefix;
        }
        return word;
    }

    boolean isAccessSequence(Word<I> word);
}
