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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.compound.hyphenation;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * This interface is used to connect the XML pattern file parser to the
 * hyphenation tree.
 * 
 * This class has been taken from the Apache FOP project (http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/). They have been slightly modified.
 */
public interface PatternConsumer {

  /**
   * Add a character class. A character class defines characters that are
   * considered equivalent for the purpose of hyphenation (e.g. "aA"). It
   * usually means to ignore case.
   * 
   * @param chargroup character group
   */
  void addClass(String chargroup);

  /**
   * Add a hyphenation exception. An exception replaces the result obtained by
   * the algorithm for cases for which this fails or the user wants to provide
   * his own hyphenation. A hyphenatedword is a vector of alternating String's
   * and {@link Hyphen Hyphen} instances
   */
  void addException(String word, ArrayList hyphenatedword);

  /**
   * Add hyphenation patterns.
   * 
   * @param pattern the pattern
   * @param values interletter values expressed as a string of digit characters.
   */
  void addPattern(String pattern, String values);

}