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  * Copyright 2005-2011 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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  */

 package org.kuali.rice.krms.api.engine;

 import java.util.Map;

 public interface Engine {

         /**

          * Initiates execution of the rules engine.

          * 

          * @param selectionCriteria informs the engine of the criteria to use for selection of contexts and agendas

          * @param facts the facts that the rule engine can use during execution

          * @param executionOptions defines various options that instruct the rules engine on how to perform it's execution

          * 

          * @return the results of engine execution

          */

         EngineResults execute(SelectionCriteria selectionCriteria, Facts facts, ExecutionOptions executionOptions);

     /**

      * Initiates execution of the rules engine.

      *

      * @param selectionCriteria informs the engine of the criteria to use for selection of contexts and agendas

      * @param facts the facts that the rule engine can use during execution.  Since this signature does not pass in

      * {@link Term}s, all terms are defined with only a name, and term parameters can not be specified.

      * @param executionOptions defines various options that instruct the rules engine on how to perform it's execution

      *

      * @return the results of engine execution

      */

     EngineResults execute(SelectionCriteria selectionCriteria, Map<String, Object> facts, ExecutionOptions executionOptions);

 }