/*
 * Redberry: symbolic tensor computations.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2010-2015:
 *   Stanislav Poslavsky   
 *   Bolotin Dmitriy       
 *
 * This file is part of Redberry.
 *
 * Redberry 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 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Redberry 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 Redberry. If not, see .
 */
package cc.redberry.core.indexgenerator;

import cc.redberry.core.indices.IndexType;

/**
 * Generates distinct indices of particular types,
 *
 * @author Dmitry Bolotin
 * @author Stanislav Poslavsky
 */
public interface IndexGenerator {
    /**
     * Generates new index of a particular type.
     *
     * @param type index type
     * @return new index of a particular type
     */
    int generate(byte type);
}