// @(#)$Id: byteStrategyType.java-generic,v 1.8 2005/12/24 21:20:31 chalin Exp $

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package org.jmlspecs.jmlunit.strategies;

/** The interface of strategies that provide test data of type byte.
 * @author Gary T. Leavens
 */
public interface ByteStrategyType extends StrategyType {

    /** Compute a fresh ByteIterator, which can be used to
     * provide test data of type byte.  The
     * ByteIterator returned should be freshly created.
     * Usually it should not be at its end. However, in rare cases it
     * might make sense to have an empty iterator be computed (e.g.,
     * by filtering).  */
    //@ assignable objectState;
    //@ ensures \fresh(\result);
    //@ ensures_redundantly \result != null;
    public ByteIterator byteIterator();
}