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 * Copyright 2005 JBoss Inc
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package org.drools.spi;

import java.io.Externalizable;
import java.util.Iterator;

import org.drools.common.ActivationNode;

public interface RuleFlowGroup extends org.drools.runtime.rule.RuleFlowGroup {

    String getName();

    public Iterator<ActivationNode> iterator();

    boolean isEmpty();

    int size();

    boolean isActive();

    boolean isAutoDeactivate();

    /**
     * Sets the auto-deactivate status of this RuleFlowGroup.
     * If this is set to true, an active RuleFlowGroup automatically
     * deactivates if it has no more activations.  If it had no
     * activations when it was activated, it will be deactivated immediately.
     */
    void setAutoDeactivate(boolean autoDeactivate);

    void clear();
}
