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#ifndef __ARBITRATOR_INCLUDE_NEIGHBOR_GENERATOR_HPP__
#define __ARBITRATOR_INCLUDE_NEIGHBOR_GENERATOR_HPP__

#include <vector>
#include <cav_msgs/ManeuverPlan.h>

namespace arbitrator
{
    /**
     * Generic interface representing computation of children or neighbor nodes 
     * in a planning search graph
     */
    class NeighborGenerator
    {
        public:
            /**
             * \brief Generate the list of neighbors/children that a given node in the search graph
             *      expands to
             * \param plan The maneuver plan to expand upon
             * \return A vector containing the new plans generated from it, if any
             */
            virtual std::vector<cav_msgs::ManeuverPlan> generate_neighbors(cav_msgs::ManeuverPlan plan) const = 0;

            /**
             * \brief Virtual destructor provided for memory safety
             */
            virtual ~NeighborGenerator(){};
    };
}

#endif //__ARBITRATOR_INCLUDE_NEIGHBOR_GENERATOR_HPP__