de.learnlib.api.oracle

Interface PropertyOracle<I,A extends Output<I,D>,P,D>

Type Parameters:

I - the input type

A - the automaton type

P - the property type

D - the output type

All Superinterfaces:

EquivalenceOracle<A,I,D>, InclusionOracle<A,I,D>

All Known Subinterfaces:

PropertyOracle.DFAPropertyOracle<I,P>, PropertyOracle.MealyPropertyOracle<I,O,P>

All Known Implementing Classes:

LoggingPropertyOracle, LoggingPropertyOracle.DFALoggingPropertyOracle, LoggingPropertyOracle.MealyLoggingPropertyOracle

public interface PropertyOracle<I,A extends Output<I,D>,P,D>
extends InclusionOracle<A,I,D>

A PropertyOracle can disprove a property, and used to find a counter example to an hypothesis.

Note that a property oracle is also an InclusionOracle and thus an EquivalenceOracle, hence it can be use used to find counterexamples to hypotheses.

An implementation should keep track of whether the property is already disproved.

Author:

Jeroen Meijer

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	PropertyOracle.DFAPropertyOracle<I,P>
static interface	PropertyOracle.MealyPropertyOracle<I,O,P>

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface de.learnlib.api.oracle.InclusionOracle

InclusionOracle.DFAInclusionOracle<I>, InclusionOracle.MealyInclusionOracle<I,O>

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface de.learnlib.api.oracle.EquivalenceOracle

EquivalenceOracle.DFAEquivalenceOracle<I>, EquivalenceOracle.MealyEquivalenceOracle<I,O>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
@Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D>	disprove(A hypothesis, Collection<? extends I> inputs) Try to disprove the property with the given hypothesis.
@Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D>	doFindCounterExample(A hypothesis, Collection<? extends I> inputs) Unconditionally find a counterexample, i.e. regardless of whether the property can be disproved.
default @Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D>	findCounterExample(A hypothesis, Collection<? extends I> inputs) Try to find a counterexample to the given hypothesis if the property can not be disproved.
@Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D>	getCounterExample() Returns the counterexample for the property if isDisproved(), null otherwise.
P	getProperty() Returns the property.
default boolean	isDisproved() Returns whether the property is disproved.
void	setProperty(P property) Set the property.

Methods inherited from interface de.learnlib.api.oracle.InclusionOracle

isCounterExample

Method Detail

isDisproved

default boolean isDisproved()

Returns whether the property is disproved.

Returns:

whether the property is disproved.

setProperty

void setProperty(P property)

Set the property.

Parameters:

property - the property to set.

getProperty

@Pure
P getProperty()

Returns the property.

Returns:

the property.

getCounterExample

@Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D> getCounterExample()

Returns the counterexample for the property if isDisproved(), null otherwise. If this method does not return null, a previous call to disprove(Output, Collection) must have returned a DefaultQuery.

Returns:

the counterexample for the property if isDisproved(), null otherwise.

disprove

@Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D> disprove(A hypothesis,
                                     Collection<? extends I> inputs)

Try to disprove the property with the given hypothesis.

Parameters:

hypothesis - the hypothesis.

inputs - the inputs

Returns:

the DefaultQuery that is a counterexample the property, or null, if the property could not be disproved.

findCounterExample

default @Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D> findCounterExample(A hypothesis,
                                                       Collection<? extends I> inputs)

Try to find a counterexample to the given hypothesis if the property can not be disproved.

Specified by:

findCounterExample in interface EquivalenceOracle<A extends Output<I,D>,I,D>

Parameters:

hypothesis - the hypothesis to find a counterexample to.

inputs - the input alphabet.

Returns:

the DefaultQuery that is a counterexample to the given hypothesis, or null, a counterexample could not be found or the property could be disproved.

doFindCounterExample

@Nullable DefaultQuery<I,D> doFindCounterExample(A hypothesis,
                                                 Collection<? extends I> inputs)

Unconditionally find a counterexample, i.e. regardless of whether the property can be disproved. In fact, disprove(Output, Collection) is not even be called.

See Also:

findCounterExample(Output, Collection)