OPENNLP-575 Copied coref over to sandbox.
diff --git a/opennlp-coref/src/main/java/opennlp/tools/formats/CorefSampleStreamFactory.java b/opennlp-coref/src/main/java/opennlp/tools/formats/CorefSampleStreamFactory.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * 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
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package opennlp.tools.formats;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+import opennlp.tools.cmdline.ArgumentParser;
+import opennlp.tools.cmdline.CmdLineUtil;
+import opennlp.tools.cmdline.StreamFactoryRegistry;
+import opennlp.tools.cmdline.params.BasicFormatParams;
+import opennlp.tools.coref.CorefSample;
+import opennlp.tools.coref.CorefSampleDataStream;
+import opennlp.tools.util.ObjectStream;
+import opennlp.tools.util.ParagraphStream;
+import opennlp.tools.util.PlainTextByLineStream;
+
+public class CorefSampleStreamFactory extends AbstractSampleStreamFactory<CorefSample> {
+
+  interface Parameters extends BasicFormatParams {
+  }
+  
+  protected CorefSampleStreamFactory() {
+    super(Parameters.class);
+  }
+
+  public static void registerFactory() {
+    StreamFactoryRegistry.registerFactory(CorefSample.class,
+        StreamFactoryRegistry.DEFAULT_FORMAT, new CorefSampleStreamFactory());
+  }
+  
+  public ObjectStream<CorefSample> create(String[] args) {
+    Parameters params = ArgumentParser.parse(args, Parameters.class);
+
+    CmdLineUtil.checkInputFile("Data", params.getData());
+    FileInputStream sampleDataIn = CmdLineUtil.openInFile(params.getData());
+
+    ObjectStream<String> lineStream = new ParagraphStream(new PlainTextByLineStream(sampleDataIn
+        .getChannel(), params.getEncoding()));
+
+    return new CorefSampleDataStream(lineStream);
+  }
+}