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+/*
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+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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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<Object> 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);
+
+}