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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, the JUNG Project and the Regents of the University
+ * of California
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is open-source under the BSD license; see either
+ * "license.txt" or
+ * http://jung.sourceforge.net/license.txt for a description.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.jung.algorithms.generators;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * An interface for algorithms that generate graphs that evolve iteratively.
+ * @author Scott White
+ */
+public interface EvolvingGraphGenerator<V, E> extends GraphGenerator<V,E> {
+
+ /**
+ * Instructs the algorithm to evolve the graph N steps.
+ * @param numSteps number of steps to iterate from the current state
+ */
+ void evolveGraph(int numSteps);
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieves the total number of steps elapsed.
+ * @return number of elapsed steps
+ */
+ int numIterations();
+}