1 /* Copyright (c) 2008 Sascha Kohlmann
2 *
3 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
4 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
5 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
6 * (at your option) any later version.
7 *
8 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
11 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
12 *
13 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
14 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
15 */
16 package net.sf.eos.entity;
17
18 import net.sf.eos.analyzer.Tokenizer;
19
20 /**
21 * The strategy for entity recognition is not defined. Implementation only
22 * must set the defined {@link #ENTITY_TYPE} value in the recognized
23 * {@link net.sf.eos.analyzer.Token}.
24 * @author Sascha Kohlmann
25 */
26 public interface EntityRecognizer extends Tokenizer {
27
28 /**
29 * The {@link net.sf.eos.analyzer.Token#getType() type} of a recognized
30 * token.
31 * @see net.sf.eos.analyzer.Token
32 */
33 @SuppressWarnings("nls")
34 public final static String ENTITY_TYPE = "entity";
35 }