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package org.apache.nlpcraft.model;

import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.*;

/**
 * A parsing variant is a list of tokens representing one possible parsing variant of the user input.
 * <p>
 * Note that a given user input can have one or more possible different parsing variants. Depending on model
 * configuration a user input can produce hundreds or even thousands of parsing variants.
 *
 * @see NCModel#onParsedVariant(NCVariant)
 * @see NCContext#getVariants()
 */
public interface NCVariant extends List<NCToken> {
    /**
     * Utility method that returns all non-freeword tokens. It's equivalent to:
     * <pre class="brush: java">
     *     return stream().filter(tok -&gt; !tok.isFreeWord()).collect(Collectors.toList());
     * </pre>
     *
     * @return All non-freeword tokens.
     */
    default List<NCToken> getMatchedTokens() {
        return stream().filter(tok -> !tok.isFreeWord()).collect(Collectors.toList());
    }
}