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      1 //===--- DeltaAlgorithm.h - A Set Minimization Algorithm -------*- C++ -*--===//
      2 //
      3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
      4 //
      5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
      6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
      7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      8 
      9 #ifndef LLVM_ADT_DELTAALGORITHM_H
     10 #define LLVM_ADT_DELTAALGORITHM_H
     11 
     12 #include <vector>
     13 #include <set>
     14 
     15 namespace llvm {
     16 
     17 /// DeltaAlgorithm - Implements the delta debugging algorithm (A. Zeller '99)
     18 /// for minimizing arbitrary sets using a predicate function.
     19 ///
     20 /// The result of the algorithm is a subset of the input change set which is
     21 /// guaranteed to satisfy the predicate, assuming that the input set did. For
     22 /// well formed predicates, the result set is guaranteed to be such that
     23 /// removing any single element would falsify the predicate.
     24 ///
     25 /// For best results the predicate function *should* (but need not) satisfy
     26 /// certain properties, in particular:
     27 ///  (1) The predicate should return false on an empty set and true on the full
     28 ///  set.
     29 ///  (2) If the predicate returns true for a set of changes, it should return
     30 ///  true for all supersets of that set.
     31 ///
     32 /// It is not an error to provide a predicate that does not satisfy these
     33 /// requirements, and the algorithm will generally produce reasonable
     34 /// results. However, it may run substantially more tests than with a good
     35 /// predicate.
     36 class DeltaAlgorithm {
     37 public:
     38   typedef unsigned change_ty;
     39   // FIXME: Use a decent data structure.
     40   typedef std::set<change_ty> changeset_ty;
     41   typedef std::vector<changeset_ty> changesetlist_ty;
     42 
     43 private:
     44   /// Cache of failed test results. Successful test results are never cached
     45   /// since we always reduce following a success.
     46   std::set<changeset_ty> FailedTestsCache;
     47 
     48   /// GetTestResult - Get the test result for the \arg Changes from the
     49   /// cache, executing the test if necessary.
     50   ///
     51   /// \param Changes - The change set to test.
     52   /// \return - The test result.
     53   bool GetTestResult(const changeset_ty &Changes);
     54 
     55   /// Split - Partition a set of changes \arg S into one or two subsets.
     56   void Split(const changeset_ty &S, changesetlist_ty &Res);
     57 
     58   /// Delta - Minimize a set of \arg Changes which has been partioned into
     59   /// smaller sets, by attempting to remove individual subsets.
     60   changeset_ty Delta(const changeset_ty &Changes,
     61                      const changesetlist_ty &Sets);
     62 
     63   /// Search - Search for a subset (or subsets) in \arg Sets which can be
     64   /// removed from \arg Changes while still satisfying the predicate.
     65   ///
     66   /// \param Res - On success, a subset of Changes which satisfies the
     67   /// predicate.
     68   /// \return - True on success.
     69   bool Search(const changeset_ty &Changes, const changesetlist_ty &Sets,
     70               changeset_ty &Res);
     71 
     72 protected:
     73   /// UpdatedSearchState - Callback used when the search state changes.
     74   virtual void UpdatedSearchState(const changeset_ty &Changes,
     75                                   const changesetlist_ty &Sets) {}
     76 
     77   /// ExecuteOneTest - Execute a single test predicate on the change set \arg S.
     78   virtual bool ExecuteOneTest(const changeset_ty &S) = 0;
     79 
     80 public:
     81   virtual ~DeltaAlgorithm();
     82 
     83   /// Run - Minimize the set \arg Changes by executing \see ExecuteOneTest() on
     84   /// subsets of changes and returning the smallest set which still satisfies
     85   /// the test predicate.
     86   changeset_ty Run(const changeset_ty &Changes);
     87 };
     88 
     89 } // end namespace llvm
     90 
     91 #endif
     92