SymbolicRealType.java

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package edu.udel.cis.vsl.sarl.IF.type;

/**
 * A real number type. There are currently three different kinds of real types:
 * the Herbrand real type, the floating-point real types, and the ideal real
 * type.
 * 
 * @author siegel
 */
public interface SymbolicRealType extends SymbolicType {

	/**
	 * The different kinds of real types.
	 * 
	 * @author siegel
	 */
	public enum RealKind {
		HERBRAND, FLOAT, IDEAL
	};

	/**
	 * Returns the kind of real type this is.
	 * 
	 * @return the kind of real type this is
	 */
	RealKind realKind();

}