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#endregion

using System.Collections.Generic;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.BinPacking3D.Encoding {
  /// <summary>
  /// 
  /// </summary>
  /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
  public interface IDecoder<in T> : IItem {
    /// <summary>
    /// Generates a solution by using the input parameters.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="encodedSolution"></param>
    /// <param name="binShape">Bin for storing the items</param>
    /// <param name="items">A list of packing items which should be assigned to a bin</param>
    /// <param name="useStackingConstraints">If true, the items will be placed if the position is static stable.</param>
    /// <returns>Returns an decoded solution for displaying it on the HEAL gui.</returns>
    Solution Decode(T encodedSolution, PackingShape binShape, IList<PackingItem> items, bool useStackingConstraints);
  }
}