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2    * SAT4J: a SATisfiability library for Java Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Daniel Le Berre
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19   * Based on the original MiniSat specification from:
20   * 
21   * An extensible SAT solver. Niklas Een and Niklas Sorensson. Proceedings of the
22   * Sixth International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability
23   * Testing, LNCS 2919, pp 502-518, 2003.
24   *
25   * See www.minisat.se for the original solver in C++.
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28  package org.sat4j.minisat.core;
29  
30  /**
31   * This interface is to be implemented by the classes wanted to be notified of
32   * the falsification of a literal.
33   * 
34   * @author leberre
35   */
36  public interface Propagatable {
37  
38  	/**
39  	 * Propagate the truth value of a literal in constraints in which that
40  	 * literal is falsified.
41  	 * 
42  	 * @param s
43  	 *            something able to perform unit propagation
44  	 * @param p
45  	 *            the literal being propagated. Its negation must appear in the
46  	 *            constraint.
47  	 * @return false iff an inconsistency (a contradiction) is detected.
48  	 */
49  	boolean propagate(UnitPropagationListener s, int p);
50  
51  }