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// 6 (LIP6), département Systèmes Répartis Coopératifs (SRC),
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// This file is part of Spot, a model checking library.
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#ifndef SPOT_TGBAALGOS_LTL2TAA_HH
# define SPOT_TGBAALGOS_LTL2TAA_HH

#include "ltlast/formula.hh"
#include "tgba/taatgba.hh"

namespace spot
{
  /// \brief Build a spot::taa* from an LTL formula.
  ///
  /// This is based on the following.
  /// \verbatim
  /// @techreport{HUT-TCS-A104,
  ///     address = {Espoo, Finland},
  ///     author  = {Heikki Tauriainen},
  ///     month   = {September},
  ///     note    = {Doctoral dissertation},
  ///     number  = {A104},
  ///     pages   = {xii+229},
  ///     title   = {Automata and Linear Temporal Logic: Translations
  ///                with Transition-Based Acceptance},
  ///     type    = {Research Report},
  ///     year    = {2006}
  /// }
  /// \endverbatim
  ///
  /// \param f The formula to translate into an automaton.
  /// \param dict The spot::bdd_dict the constructed automata should use.
  /// \param refined_rules If this parameter is set, refined rules are used.
  /// \return A spot::taa that recognizes the language of \a f.
  taa_tgba* ltl_to_taa(const ltl::formula* f, bdd_dict* dict,
                       bool refined_rules = false);
}

#endif // SPOT_TGBAALGOS_LTL2TAA_HH