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/*
* Created on Jun 27, 2003
*/
/**
* @author Evren Sirin
*
*/
/**
* @deprecated Use addMonitor(ProcessMonitor monitor) instead
*/
/**
* Set the KB where preconditions will be evaluated and the results will be put. This
* is simply the execution environment.
*/
/**
* Get the KB.
*/
/**
* bound by the precondition then the execution may fail when precondition evaluation
* is disabled.
*/
/**
* Get if the execution engine verifies preconditions.
*/
public boolean isPreconditionCheck();
/**
* Set the behavior for cases where evaluating a precondition may yield multiple different
* values for a local variable. If this option is enabled then the execution engine will
* simply pick the first value from the possible bindings and conintue. Otherwise an
* ExecutionException will be thrown indicating that execution failed.
*
* @param allow If true one of the multiple bindings for a precondition is chosen else
* an ExecutionException is thrown
*/
/**
* Returns if multiple satisifed preconditions are allowed
* @return true if multiple satisifed preconditions are allowed. false, otherwise
*/
public boolean isAllowMultipleSatisifedPreconditions();
/**
* Execute the given process with no value bindings for input parameters. Process is
* assumed to have no input parameters or all the value bindings were already specified
* in the defaultValues
*
* @param p Process to be executed
* @return Value bindings for the output parameters after the execution. Returns null if
* execution is not successful
*/
/**
* Execute the given OWL-S process with the given input value bindings. If a value is not
* specified for a parameter in the valueMap then the default values of the process is
* searched.
*
* @param p Process to be executed
* @param map Value bindings for the input parameters
* @return Value bindings for the output parameters after the execution. Returns null if
* execution is not successful
*/
/**
* Execute the given perform construct. Perform shoud contain all the necessary input
* bindings specified.
*
* @param perform
* @return
* @throws Exception
*/
}