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package opennlp.tools.sentdetect;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Scans Strings, StringBuffers, and char[] arrays for the offsets of
* sentence ending characters.
*
* Implementations of this interface can use regular expressions,
* hand-coded DFAs, and other scanning techniques to locate end of
* sentence offsets.
*/
public interface EndOfSentenceScanner {
/**
* Returns an array of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.
* @return an array of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.
*/
char[] getEndOfSentenceCharacters();
/**
* The receiver scans the specified string for sentence ending characters and
* returns their offsets.
*
* @param s a String value
* @return a List of Integer objects.
*/
List getPositions(String s);
/**
* The receiver scans `buf' for sentence ending characters and
* returns their offsets.
*
* @param buf a StringBuffer value
* @return a List of Integer objects.
*/
List getPositions(StringBuffer buf);
/**
* The receiver scans `cbuf' for sentence ending characters and
* returns their offsets.
*
* @param cbuf a char[] value
* @return a List of Integer objects.
*/
List getPositions(char[] cbuf);
}