package org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes;

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import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Attribute;

/**
 * This attribute can be used to mark a token as a keyword. Keyword aware
 * {@link TokenStream}s can decide to modify a token based on the return value
 * of {@link #isKeyword()} if the token is modified. Stemming filters for
 * instance can use this attribute to conditionally skip a term if
 * {@link #isKeyword()} returns <code>true</code>.
 */
public interface KeywordAttribute extends Attribute {

  /**
   * Returns <code>true</code> iff the current token is a keyword, otherwise
   * <code>false</code>/
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> iff the current token is a keyword, otherwise
   *         <code>false</code>/
   */
  public boolean isKeyword();

  /**
   * Marks the current token as keyword iff set to <code>true</code>.
   * 
   * @param isKeyword
   *          <code>true</code> iff the current token is a keyword, otherwise
   *          <code>false</code>.
   */
  public void setKeyword(boolean isKeyword);
}