source: trunk/autoquest-core-usageprofiles/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/usageprofiles/IDotCompatible.java @ 927

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package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.usageprofiles;

/**
 * <p>
 * Models implementing this interface provide a graph representation of themselves as a
 * {@link String} with Dot syntax.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface IDotCompatible {

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns a Dot representation of the model.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @return string with Dot syntax that describes the model.
     */
    public abstract String getDotRepresentation();
}