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 The web service « transitiveReductionAlternativesComparisons-ITTB »
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Before running the java program in command line:
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You need to install Graphiz.
In particular, the executable file tred.exe is required


How to run the java program in command line?
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java –Djava.awt.headless =true -jar transitiveReductionAlternativesComparisons-ITTB.jar alternatives.xml alternativesComparisons.xml transitiveReduction.xml messages.xml 
where:

- The first entry file corresponds to ``alternatives.xml``
- The second entry file corresponds to `` alternativesComparisons.xml``
- The first output file corresponds to the `` transitiveReduction.xml`` file and contains the generated alternativesComparisons tag after the transitive reduction. 
- The second output file corresponds to the ``messages.xml`` file. It is a list of messages generated by the algorithm. It contains information about the execution status as well as a warnings and errors when they occur.

How to run the tests?
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You have to put the entry files `` alternatives.xml`` and `` alternativesComparisons.xml`` in the correct order.
