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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Heiko Schaefer <heiko@schaefer.name>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package org.pgpainless.wot.dijkstra
+
+import org.pgpainless.wot.network.EdgeComponent
+
+/**
+ * Pointer type for Dijsktra's algorithm.
+ * This encapsulates the outgoing edge (there may be multiple edges between a source and a target node).
+ */
+internal data class ForwardPointer(
+        // If null, then the node is itself the target.
+        val next: EdgeComponent?
+)
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