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package opennlp.addons.modelbuilder;

import opennlp.addons.modelbuilder.impls.BaseModelBuilderParams;

import java.util.Set;


/**
 *
Supplies a list of known entities (a list of names or locations)
 */
public interface KnownEntityProvider extends ModelParameter<BaseModelBuilderParams> {

  /**
   * returns a list of known non ambiguous entities.
   * @return a set of entities
   */
  Set<String> getKnownEntities();

  /**
   * adds to the set of known entities. Overriding classes should hold this list in a class level set.
   * @param unambiguousEntity
   */
  void addKnownEntity(String unambiguousEntity);
  
  /**
   * defines the type of entity that the set contains, ie person, location, organization.
   * @return
   */
  String getKnownEntitiesType();

}