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// Copyright (C) 2011 Ingrid Nunes
//
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//
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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);
}