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+import argparse
+import os
+import pickle
+import sys
+import time
+import glob
+from colorama import Fore, Back, Style
+from pathlib import Path
+from os.path import join
+from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count,set_start_method
+from itertools import repeat
+
+from verifiers import *
+
+
+def minimize_model(failed_model_file,output_dir):
+     with open(failed_model_file, 'rb') as fpcl:
+        """ The error data is a dict with the following keys:
+                solver: the used solver
+                verifier: the verifier that got used
+                mutations_per_model: the amount of mutations that were used
+                seed: the used seed
+                error: a dict containing:
+                    type: the type of error that occured
+                    model: the newly mutated model that failed/crashed
+                    originalmodel: the name of the model file that was used
+                    mutators: a list with executed mutations
+                    constraints: the constraints that made the model fail/crash
+        """
+        error_data = pickle.loads(fpcl.read())
+        original_error = error_data["error"]
+        original_cons = error_data["error"]["constraints"]
+        amount_of_original_cons = len(error_data["error"]["constraints"])
+
+        new_cons = []
+
+        for con in toplevel_list(original_cons):
+            test_cons = original_error["constraints"]
+            test_cons.remove(con)
+            new_error_dict = copy.deepcopy(original_error)
+
+            vrf_cls = lookup_verifier(error_data['verifier'])
+            verifier = vrf_cls(solver=error_data['solver'],
+                            mutations_per_model=error_data["mutations_per_model"],
+                            exclude_dict = {},
+                            time_limit = time.time()*3600,
+                            seed = error_data["seed"]
+            )               
+            new_error = verifier.rerun(new_error_dict)
+
+            if new_error is not None: 
+                # if we still get the error than the constraint is responsible we keep it
+                new_cons.append(con)
+
+        #copy new constraints to model
+        error_data["error"]["constraints"] = new_cons   
+        if "model" in  error_data["error"]:
+            new_model = error_data["error"]["model"]
+            new_model.constraints = new_cons
+            error_data["error"]["model"] = new_model
+        #Fore.LIGHTBLUE_EX +
+
+        with open(join(output_dir, "minimized_"+os.path.basename(failed_model_file)), "wb") as ff:
+            pickle.dump(error_data, file=ff) 
+        with open(join(output_dir, "minimized_"+Path(os.path.basename(failed_model_file)).stem+".txt"), "w") as ff:
+                ff.write(create_error_output_text(error_data))
+
+        return f"minimized {failed_model_file} with {amount_of_original_cons} constraints to model with {len(new_cons)} constraints"
+       
+        
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = "A Python script for minimizing the constraint for a failed model. It will only keep the constraints that caused the error")
+    def check_positive(value):
+        """
+        Small helper function used in the argparser for checking if the input values are positive or not
+        """
+        ivalue = int(value)
+        if ivalue <= 0:
+            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("%s is an invalid positive int value" % value)
+        return ivalue
+    parser.add_argument("-m", "--failed_model_file", help = "The path to a single pickle file or the path to a directory containing multiple pickle files", required=True, type=str)
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output-dir", help = "The directory to store the output (will be created if it does not exist).", required=False, type=str, default="minimizer_output")
+    parser.add_argument("-p","--amount-of-processes", help = "The amount of processes that will be used to run the tests", required=False, default=cpu_count()-1 ,type=check_positive) # the -1 is for the main process
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    current_working_directory = os.getcwd()
+    output_dir = os.path.join(current_working_directory, args.output_dir)
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    failed_model_file = os.path.join(current_working_directory, args.failed_model_file)
+
+    if os.path.isfile(failed_model_file):
+        result = minimize_model(failed_model_file,output_dir)
+        print(Fore.LIGHTBLUE_EX +"\n"+result)
+        print(Style.RESET_ALL+f"stored minimized model in {output_dir}")
+
+    elif os.path.isdir(failed_model_file):
+        set_start_method("spawn")
+        print("detected directory")
+        files = glob.glob(failed_model_file+"/*.pickle")
+        with Pool(args.amount_of_processes) as pool: 
+            try:
+                print("rerunning failed models in directory",flush=True)
+                results = pool.starmap(minimize_model, zip(files,repeat(output_dir)))
+                print("\n")
+                [print(Fore.LIGHTBLUE_EX + result) for result in results]
+                # for result in results:
+                #     print(Fore.LIGHTBLUE_EX +result)
+                print(Style.RESET_ALL+"\nsucessfully minimized all the models",flush=True ) 
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                pass
+            finally:
+                print("quiting the application",flush=True ) 
+        print(Style.RESET_ALL+f"stored minimized models in {output_dir}")
+    else:
+        print(Fore.YELLOW +"failed model file not found")
+    print(Style.RESET_ALL)
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