source: branches/autoquest-core-tasktrees-alignment/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/tasktrees/treeifc/IIterationInstance.java

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package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.tasktrees.treeifc;

// TODO: Auto-generated Javadoc
/**
 * <p>
 * the instance of an {@link IIteration}. The instance may have several children
 * each being an instance of the task marked by the iteration of which this is
 * an instance.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Patrick Harms
 */
public interface IIterationInstance extends ITaskInstance, ITaskInstanceList {

        /**
         * <p>
         * clones this task instance by creating exact clones of each contained
         * instance in their order
         * </p>.
         *
         * @return a clone of the task instance list
         */
        @Override
        public IIterationInstance clone();

        /**
         * <p>
         * returns the task related to the instance, i.e. the iteration.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return as described
         */
        public IIteration getIteration();

}