diff --git a/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml b/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml
index a4015e268..06241e1df 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/preanal.ml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module NullifyTransferFunctions = struct
   (* (reaching non-nullified vars) * (vars to nullify) *)
   module Domain = AbstractDomain.Pair (VarDomain) (VarDomain)
   module CFG = ProcCfg.Exceptional
-  type extras = LivenessAnalysis.inv_map
+  type extras = LivenessAnalysis.invariant_map
 
   let postprocess ((reaching_defs, _) as astate) node { ProcData.extras; } =
     let node_id =  (CFG.underlying_id node), ProcCfg.Node_index in
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/AbstractInterpreter.mli b/infer/src/checkers/AbstractInterpreter.mli
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ad598392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/AbstractInterpreter.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+type 'a state = { pre: 'a; post: 'a; visit_count: int; }
+
+(** type of an intraprocedural abstract interpreter *)
+module type S = sig
+  module TransferFunctions : TransferFunctions.S
+
+  module InvariantMap : Map.S with type key = TransferFunctions.CFG.id
+
+  (** create an interprocedural abstract interpreter given logic for handling summaries *)
+  module Interprocedural
+      (Summary : Summary.S with type summary = TransferFunctions.Domain.astate) :
+  sig
+    val checker : Callbacks.proc_callback_args -> TransferFunctions.extras ->
+      TransferFunctions.Domain.astate option
+  end
+
+  (** invariant map from node id -> state representing postcondition for node id *)
+  type invariant_map = TransferFunctions.Domain.astate state InvariantMap.t
+
+  (** compute and return the postcondition for the given procedure *)
+  val compute_post : TransferFunctions.extras ProcData.t -> TransferFunctions.Domain.astate option
+
+  (** compute and return invariant map for the given CFG/procedure. *)
+  val exec_cfg : TransferFunctions.CFG.t -> TransferFunctions.extras ProcData.t -> invariant_map
+
+  (** compute and return invariant map for the given procedure. *)
+  val exec_pdesc : TransferFunctions.extras ProcData.t -> invariant_map
+
+  (** extract the postcondition for a node id from the given invariant map *)
+  val extract_post : InvariantMap.key -> 'a state InvariantMap.t -> 'a option
+
+  (** extract the precondition for a node id from the given invariant map *)
+  val extract_pre : InvariantMap.key -> 'a state InvariantMap.t -> 'a option
+
+  (** extract the state for a node id from the given invariant map *)
+  val extract_state : InvariantMap.key -> 'a InvariantMap.t -> 'a option
+end
+
+(** create an intraprocedural abstract interpreter from a scheduler and transfer functions *)
+module MakeNoCFG
+    (Scheduler : Scheduler.S)
+    (TransferFunctions : TransferFunctions.S with module CFG = Scheduler.CFG) :
+  S with module TransferFunctions = TransferFunctions
+
+(** create an intraprocedural abstract interpreter from a CFG and functors for creating a scheduler/
+    transfer functions from a CFG *)
+module Make
+    (CFG : ProcCfg.S)
+    (MakeScheduler : Scheduler.Make)
+    (MakeTransferFunctions : TransferFunctions.Make) :
+  S with module TransferFunctions = MakeTransferFunctions(CFG)
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/abstractInterpreter.ml b/infer/src/checkers/abstractInterpreter.ml
index bee8c7b0a..e0d2b91a6 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/abstractInterpreter.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/abstractInterpreter.ml
@@ -14,27 +14,39 @@ module L = Logging
 type 'a state = { pre: 'a; post: 'a; visit_count: int; }
 
 module type S = sig
-  module TF : TransferFunctions.S
-  module M : Map.S with type key = TF.CFG.id
-  type inv_map = TF.Domain.astate state M.t
+  module TransferFunctions : TransferFunctions.S
+  module InvariantMap : Map.S with type key = TransferFunctions.CFG.id
+  module Interprocedural
+      (Summary : Summary.S with type summary = TransferFunctions.Domain.astate) :
+  sig
+    val checker : Callbacks.proc_callback_args -> TransferFunctions.extras ->
+      TransferFunctions.Domain.astate option
+  end
+
+  type invariant_map = TransferFunctions.Domain.astate state InvariantMap.t
 
-  val exec_pdesc : TF.extras ProcData.t -> inv_map
-  val compute_post : TF.extras ProcData.t -> TF.Domain.astate option
+  val compute_post : TransferFunctions.extras ProcData.t -> TransferFunctions.Domain.astate option
+  val exec_cfg : TransferFunctions.CFG.t -> TransferFunctions.extras ProcData.t -> invariant_map
+  val exec_pdesc : TransferFunctions.extras ProcData.t -> invariant_map
+  val extract_post : InvariantMap.key -> 'a state InvariantMap.t -> 'a option
+  val extract_pre : InvariantMap.key -> 'a state InvariantMap.t -> 'a option
+  val extract_state : InvariantMap.key -> 'a InvariantMap.t -> 'a option
 end
 
 module MakeNoCFG
-    (Sched : Scheduler.S) (TF : TransferFunctions.S with module CFG = Sched.CFG) = struct
+    (Scheduler : Scheduler.S)
+    (TransferFunctions : TransferFunctions.S with module CFG = Scheduler.CFG) = struct
 
-  module CFG = Sched.CFG
-  module M = ProcCfg.NodeIdMap (Sched.CFG)
-  module A = TF.Domain
+  module CFG = Scheduler.CFG
+  module InvariantMap = ProcCfg.NodeIdMap (CFG)
+  module TransferFunctions = TransferFunctions
+  module Domain = TransferFunctions.Domain
 
-  (* invariant map from node id -> abstract state representing postcondition for node id *)
-  type inv_map = A.astate state M.t
+  type invariant_map = Domain.astate state InvariantMap.t
 
   (** extract the state of node [n] from [inv_map] *)
   let extract_state node_id inv_map =
-    try Some (M.find node_id inv_map)
+    try Some (InvariantMap.find node_id inv_map)
     with Not_found -> None
 
   (** extract the postcondition of node [n] from [inv_map] *)
@@ -53,23 +65,24 @@ module MakeNoCFG
     let node_id = CFG.id node in
     let update_inv_map pre visit_count =
       let compute_post (pre, inv_map) (instr, id_opt) =
-        let post = TF.exec_instr pre proc_data node instr in
+        let post = TransferFunctions.exec_instr pre proc_data node instr in
         match id_opt with
-        | Some id -> post, M.add id { pre; post; visit_count; } inv_map
+        | Some id -> post, InvariantMap.add id { pre; post; visit_count; } inv_map
         | None -> post, inv_map in
       (* hack to ensure that we call `exec_instr` on a node even if it has no instructions *)
       let instr_ids = match CFG.instr_ids node with
         | [] -> [Sil.skip_instr, None]
         | l -> l in
       let astate_post, inv_map_post = IList.fold_left compute_post (pre, inv_map) instr_ids in
-      let inv_map'' = M.add node_id { pre; post=astate_post; visit_count; } inv_map_post in
-      inv_map'', Sched.schedule_succs work_queue node in
-    if M.mem node_id inv_map
+      let inv_map'' =
+        InvariantMap.add node_id { pre; post=astate_post; visit_count; } inv_map_post in
+      inv_map'', Scheduler.schedule_succs work_queue node in
+    if InvariantMap.mem node_id inv_map
     then
-      let old_state = M.find node_id inv_map in
+      let old_state = InvariantMap.find node_id inv_map in
       let widened_pre =
-        A.widen ~prev:old_state.pre ~next:astate_pre ~num_iters:old_state.visit_count in
-      if A.(<=) ~lhs:widened_pre ~rhs:old_state.pre
+        Domain.widen ~prev:old_state.pre ~next:astate_pre ~num_iters:old_state.visit_count in
+      if Domain.(<=) ~lhs:widened_pre ~rhs:old_state.pre
       then inv_map, work_queue
       else update_inv_map widened_pre (old_state.visit_count + 1)
     else
@@ -86,9 +99,9 @@ module MakeNoCFG
       let extract_pre_f acc pred = extract_pre (CFG.id pred) inv_map :: acc in
       let all_posts = IList.fold_left extract_pre_f normal_posts (CFG.exceptional_preds cfg node) in
       match IList.flatten_options all_posts with
-      | post :: posts -> Some (IList.fold_left A.join post posts)
+      | post :: posts -> Some (IList.fold_left Domain.join post posts)
       | [] -> None in
-    match Sched.pop work_queue with
+    match Scheduler.pop work_queue with
     | Some (_, [], work_queue') ->
         exec_worklist cfg work_queue' inv_map proc_data
     | Some (node, _, work_queue') ->
@@ -103,7 +116,7 @@ module MakeNoCFG
   let exec_cfg cfg proc_data =
     let start_node = CFG.start_node cfg in
     let inv_map', work_queue' =
-      exec_node start_node A.initial (Sched.empty cfg) M.empty proc_data in
+      exec_node start_node Domain.initial (Scheduler.empty cfg) InvariantMap.empty proc_data in
     exec_worklist cfg work_queue' inv_map' proc_data
 
   (* compute and return an invariant map for [pdesc] *)
@@ -116,7 +129,7 @@ module MakeNoCFG
     let inv_map = exec_cfg cfg proc_data in
     extract_post (CFG.id (CFG.exit_node cfg)) inv_map
 
-  module Interprocedural (Summ : Summary.S with type summary = A.astate) = struct
+  module Interprocedural (Summ : Summary.S with type summary = Domain.astate) = struct
 
     let checker { Callbacks.get_proc_desc; proc_desc; proc_name; tenv; } extras =
       let analyze_ondemand_ _ pdesc =
diff --git a/infer/src/unit/analyzerTester.ml b/infer/src/unit/analyzerTester.ml
index fbc8523be..862a54c05 100644
--- a/infer/src/unit/analyzerTester.ml
+++ b/infer/src/unit/analyzerTester.ml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ module Make
   open StructuredSil
 
   module I = AbstractInterpreter.Make (CFG) (S) (T)
-  module M = I.M
+  module M = I.InvariantMap
 
   type assert_map = string M.t
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ module Make
     pdesc, assert_map
 
   let create_test test_program extras pp_opt test_pname _ =
-    let pp_state = Option.default I.A.pp pp_opt in
+    let pp_state = Option.default I.TransferFunctions.Domain.pp pp_opt in
     let pdesc, assert_map = structured_program_to_cfg test_program test_pname in
     let inv_map = I.exec_pdesc (ProcData.make pdesc (Tenv.create ()) extras) in