problemreductions/traits.rs
1//! Core traits for problem definitions.
2
3/// Minimal problem trait — a problem is a function from configuration to value.
4///
5/// This trait defines the interface for computational problems that can be
6/// solved by enumeration or reduction to other problems.
7pub trait Problem: Clone {
8 /// Base name of this problem type (e.g., "MaximumIndependentSet").
9 const NAME: &'static str;
10 /// The evaluation value type.
11 type Value: Clone;
12 /// Configuration space dimensions. Each entry is the cardinality of that variable.
13 fn dims(&self) -> Vec<usize>;
14 /// Evaluate the problem on a configuration.
15 fn evaluate(&self, config: &[usize]) -> Self::Value;
16 /// Number of variables (derived from dims).
17 fn num_variables(&self) -> usize {
18 self.dims().len()
19 }
20 /// Returns variant attributes derived from type parameters.
21 ///
22 /// Used for generating variant IDs in the reduction graph schema.
23 /// Returns pairs like `[("graph", "SimpleGraph"), ("weight", "i32")]`.
24 fn variant() -> Vec<(&'static str, &'static str)>;
25
26 /// Look up this problem's catalog entry.
27 ///
28 /// Returns the full [`ProblemType`] metadata from the catalog registry.
29 /// The default implementation uses `Self::NAME` to perform the lookup.
30 fn problem_type() -> crate::registry::ProblemType {
31 crate::registry::find_problem_type(Self::NAME)
32 .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no catalog entry for Problem::NAME = {:?}", Self::NAME))
33 }
34}
35
36/// Marker trait for explicitly declared problem variants.
37///
38/// Implemented automatically by [`declare_variants!`] for each concrete type.
39/// The [`#[reduction]`] proc macro checks this trait at compile time to ensure
40/// all reduction source/target types have been declared.
41pub trait DeclaredVariant {}
42
43#[cfg(test)]
44#[path = "unit_tests/traits.rs"]
45mod tests;