001/* A base interface for all the graph analyzers.
002
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024 */
025package ptolemy.graph.analysis.analyzer;
026
027import ptolemy.graph.Graph;
028
029//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
030//// Analyzer
031
032/**
033 A base interface for all the graph analyzers. Graph analyzers are analyzers
034 which analyze graphs and compute results, that will be accessed through methods
035 that interfaces that extend this one will define.
036 @since Ptolemy II 4.0
037 @Pt.ProposedRating Red (shahrooz)
038 @Pt.AcceptedRating Red (ssb)
039 @author Shahrooz Shahparnia
040 @version $Id$
041 */
042public interface GraphAnalyzer extends Analyzer {
043    /** Return the graph associated with this analyzer.
044     *
045     *  @return Return the graph associated with this analyzer.
046     */
047    public Graph graph();
048}