src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/Hyphenation/PatternConsumer.cs

// Lucene version compatibility level 4.8.1
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Lucene.Net.Analysis.Compound.Hyphenation
{
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    /// <summary>
    /// This interface is used to connect the XML pattern file parser to the
    /// hyphenation tree.
    /// <para/>
    /// This interface has been taken from the Apache FOP project (http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/). They have been slightly modified.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IPatternConsumer
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// 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.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="chargroup"> character group </param>
        void AddClass(string chargroup);

        /// <summary>
        /// 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 <see cref="Hyphen"/> instances
        /// </summary>
        void AddException(string word, IList<object> hyphenatedword);

        /// <summary>
        /// Add hyphenation patterns.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pattern"> the pattern </param>
        /// <param name="values"> interletter values expressed as a string of digit characters. </param>
        void AddPattern(string pattern, string values);
    }
}