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package ai.djl.modality.nlp.preprocess;
import java.util.List;
/**
* {@code TextProcessor} allows applying pre-processing to input tokens for natural language
* applications. Multiple implementations of {@code TextProcessor} can be applied on the same input.
* The order of application of different implementations of {@code TextProcessor} can make a
* difference in the final output.
*/
public interface TextProcessor {
/**
* Applies the preprocessing defined to the given input tokens.
*
* @param tokens the tokens created after the input text is tokenized
* @return the preprocessed tokens
*/
List preprocess(List tokens);
}