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| |
| package opennlp.tools.postag; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface that allows {@link TagDictionary} entries to be added and removed. |
| * This can be used to induce the dictionary from training data. |
| */ |
| public interface MutableTagDictionary extends TagDictionary { |
| |
| /** |
| * Associates the specified tags with the specified word. If the dictionary |
| * previously contained keys for the word, the old tags are replaced by the |
| * specified tags. |
| * |
| * @param word |
| * word with which the specified tags is to be associated |
| * @param tags |
| * tags to be associated with the specified word |
| * |
| * @return the previous tags associated with the word, or null if there was no |
| * mapping for word. |
| */ |
| String[] put(String word, String... tags); |
| |
| /** |
| * Whether if the dictionary is case sensitive or not |
| * |
| * @return true if the dictionary is case sensitive |
| */ |
| // TODO: move to TagDictionary, can't do it now because of backward |
| // compatibility. |
| boolean isCaseSensitive(); |
| |
| } |