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/**
 *  Copyright 2009 Welocalize, Inc. 
 *  
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 *  
 */

/*===========================================================================
 Additional changes Copyright (C) 2009 by the Okapi Framework contributors
 ===========================================================================*/

package net.sf.okapi.steps.gcaligner;

import net.sf.okapi.common.LocaleId;

/**
 * SegmentAlignmentScorer defines interface of the source and target segment alignment score
 * functions. Score functions include deletionScore (1-0), insertionScore (0-1), substitutionScore
 * (1-1), contractionScore (2-1), expansionScore (1-2) and meldingScore (2-2).
 */
public interface AlignmentScorer {
	/**
	 * Set source and target locales.
	 * 
	 * @param p_sourceLocale
	 *            Source locale
	 * @param p_targetLocale
	 *            Target locale
	 */
	public void setLocales(LocaleId p_sourceLocale, LocaleId p_targetLocale);

	/**
	 * Calculate the cost of substitution of source segment by target segment.
	 * 
	 * @param p_sourceTuv
	 *            Source TUV. Source is in X sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_targetTuv
	 *            Target TUV. Target is in Y sequence in the DP map.
	 * @return cost of the substitution
	 */
	public int substitutionScore(T p_sourceTuv, T p_targetTuv);

	/**
	 * Calculate the cost of deletion of source segment.
	 * 
	 * @param p_sourceTuv
	 *            Source TUV. Source is in X sequence in the DP map.
	 * @return cost of the deletion
	 */
	public int deletionScore(T p_sourceTuv);

	/**
	 * Calculate the cost of insertion of target segment.
	 * 
	 * @param p_targetTuv
	 *            Target TUV. Target is in Y sequence in the DP map.
	 * @return cost of the insertion
	 */
	public int insertionScore(T p_targetTuv);

	/**
	 * Calculate the cost of contracting two source segments to one target segment.
	 * 
	 * @param p_sourceTuv1
	 *            Source TUV1. Source is in X sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_sourceTuv2
	 *            Source TUV2. Source is in X sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_targetTuv
	 *            Target TUV. Target is in Y sequence in the DP map.
	 * @return cost of the contraction
	 */
	public int contractionScore(T p_sourceTuv1, T p_sourceTuv2, T p_targetTuv);

	/**
	 * Calculate the cost of expanding one source segment to two target segments.
	 * 
	 * @param p_sourceTuv
	 *            Source TUV. Source is in X sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_targetTuv1
	 *            Target TUV1. Target is in Y sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_targetTuv2
	 *            Target TUV2. Target is in Y sequence in the DP map.
	 * @return cost of the expansion
	 */
	public int expansionScore(T p_sourceTuv, T p_targetTuv1, T p_targetTuv2);

	/**
	 * Calculate the cost of melding of two source segments to two target segments.
	 * 
	 * @param p_sourceTuv1
	 *            Source TUV1. Source is in X sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_sourceTuv2
	 *            Source TUV2. Source is in X sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_targetTuv1
	 *            Target TUV1. Target is in Y sequence in the DP map.
	 * @param p_targetTuv2
	 *            Target TUV2. Target is in Y sequence in the DP map.
	 * @return cost of the melding
	 */
	public int meldingScore(T p_sourceTuv1, T p_sourceTuv2, T p_targetTuv1, T p_targetTuv2);
}