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using HeuristicLab.Encodings.PermutationEncoding;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.BinPacking3D.Packer {
  public interface IBinPacker {
    /// <summary>
    /// Packs all items of the bin packer and returns a collection of BinPacking3D objects
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="sortedItems">Permutation of items sorted by a sorting method. The value of each permutation index references to the index of the items list</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">Flag for using stacking constraints</param>
    /// <returns>Returns a collection of bin packing 3d objects. Each object represents a bin and the packed items</returns>
    IList<BinPacking3D> PackItems(Permutation sortedItems, PackingShape binShape, IList<PackingItem> items, ExtremePointCreationMethod epCreationMethod, ExtremePointPruningMethod epPruningMethod, bool useStackingConstraints);

  }
}