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package edu.stanford.nlp.parser;
/**
* The interface for Viterbi parsers with options. Viterbi parsers support
* getBestParse, which returns a best parse of the input, or
* null if no parse exists.
*
* @author Christopher Manning
*/
public interface ViterbiParserWithOptions extends ViterbiParser {
/**
* This will set options to a parser, in a way generally equivalent to
* passing in the same sequence of command-line arguments. This is a useful
* convenience method when building a parser programmatically. The options
* passed in should
* be specified like command-line arguments, including with an initial
* minus sign.
*
* @param flags Arguments to the parser, for example,
* {"-outputFormat", "typedDependencies", "-maxLength", "70"}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If an unknown flag is passed in
*/
public void setOptionFlags(String... flags);
}