/*

     This file is part of Combean.

     Combean is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or

     (at your option) any later version.

     Combean is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

     GNU General Public License for more details.

     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

     along with Combean; if not, write to the Free Software

     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA

 */

 /*

  * Created on 13.08.2005

  *

  */

 package net.sourceforge.combean.interfaces.graph.containers;

 import net.sourceforge.combean.interfaces.graph.Graph;

 /**

  * An initalizable data structure which also supports initialization

  * with a default value.

  * 

  * @author schickin

  *

  */

 public interface InitializableWithDefaultValue<Val>

 extends Initializable {

     /**

      * Has to be invoked before the data structure can be used.

      * The data structure may only be used with objects belonging to the given

      * graph.

      * After init() all potential elements of the data structure are set

      * to the given default value.

      * 

      * @param g the graph for which the data structure shall be defined.

      * @param initVal the default value with which the data structure

      * shall be initialized

      */

     void init(Graph g, Val initVal);

 }