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package opennlp.tools.postag;
/**
* Interface to determine which tags are valid for a particular word
* based on a tag dictionary.
*/
public interface TagDictionary {
/**
* Returns a list of valid tags for the specified word.
*
* @param word The word.
* @return A list of valid tags for the specified word or null if no information
* is available for that word.
*/
String[] getTags(String word);
}