/** \file cost_limits.h */    // -*-c++-*-


//   Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Daniel Burrows
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#ifndef COST_LIMITS_H
#define COST_LIMITS_H

#include "cost.h"

class cost_limits
{
public:
  static const int maximum_level = INT_MAX;

  /** \brief The maximum structural level; reserved for solutions that
   *  contain a logical conflict and thus are dead-ends.
   *
   *  Search nodes at this level are discarded without being visited.
   */
  static const int conflict_structural_level = maximum_level;

  /** \brief The second highest structural level; reserved for
   *  solutions that were already generated (to prevent them from
   *  being generated again).
   *
   *  Search nodes at this level are discarded without being visited.
   */
  static const int already_generated_structural_level = conflict_structural_level - 1;

  /** \brief The third highest structural level; reserved for solutions
   *  that violate a user constraint and will be deferred until the
   *  constraints are changed.
   */
  static const int defer_structural_level = conflict_structural_level - 2;

  /** \brief The minimum level; this is the initial level of the empty
   *  solution.
   */
  static const int minimum_level = INT_MIN;

  /** \brief Costs in which only a structural level is set. */
  // @{
  static const cost maximum_structural_level_cost;
  static const cost conflict_cost;
  static const cost already_generated_cost;
  static const cost defer_cost;
  static const cost minimum_cost;
  // @}
};

#endif