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package it.unitn.disi.smatch.matchers.element;

import it.unitn.disi.common.components.IConfigurable;

/**
 * Interface for string-based element-level matchers.
 *
 * @author Mikalai Yatskevich [email protected]
 * @author Aliaksandr Autayeu
 */
public interface IStringBasedElementLevelSemanticMatcher extends IConfigurable {

    /**
     * Returns a relation between source and target strings.
     *
     * @param source the string of source label
     * @param target the string of target label
     * @return a relation between source and target labels
     */
    char match(String source, String target);
}