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// Copyright (C) 2011  Ingrid Nunes
// 
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package bdi4jade.goal;

/**
 * This interface defines methods to create goal templates. Goal templates allow
 * to specify groups of goals. A goals is in a group when it matches the
 * specification of a template. This can be used to is used to indicate the set
 * of goals that a plan is able to handle, for example.
 * 
 * @author Ingrid Nunes
 * 
 */
public interface GoalTemplate {

	/**
	 * This methods checks if the given goal matches this template.
	 * 
	 * @param goal
	 *            the goal to be checked.
	 * @return true if the goal matches this template, false otherwise.
	 */
	public abstract boolean match(Goal goal);

}