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package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.internal.ui.text.spelling.engine;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Interface for spell checkers.
*
*
*/
public interface ISpellChecker {
/**
* Adds a dictionary to the list of active dictionaries.
*
* @param dictionary
* The dictionary to add
*/
void addDictionary(ISpellDictionary dictionary);
/**
* Adds a spell event listener to the active listeners.
*
* @param listener
* The listener to add
*/
void addListener(ISpellEventListener listener);
/**
* Returns whether this spell checker accepts word additions.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if word additions are accepted, <code>false</code> otherwise
*/
boolean acceptsWords();
/**
* Adds the specified word to the set of correct words.
*
* @param word
* The word to add to the set of correct words
*/
void addWord(String word);
/**
* Checks the specified word until calling <code>ignoreWord(String)</code>.
*
* @param word
* The word to check
*/
void checkWord(String word);
/**
* Checks the spelling with the spell check iterator. Implementations must
* be thread safe as this may be called inside a reconciler thread.
*
* @param iterator
* The iterator to use for spell checking
*/
void execute(ISpellCheckIterator iterator);
/**
* Returns the ranked proposals for a word.
*
* @param word
* The word to retrieve the proposals for
* @param sentence
* <code>true</code> iff the proposals should start a
* sentence, <code>false</code> otherwise
* @return Set of ranked proposals for the word
*/
Set getProposals(String word, boolean sentence);
/**
* Ignores the specified word until calling <code>checkWord(String)</code>.
*
* @param word
* The word to ignore
*/
void ignoreWord(String word);
/**
* Is the specified word correctly spelled? Implementations must be thread
* safe as this may be called from within a reconciler thread.
*
* @param word
* The word to check its spelling
* @return <code>true</code> iff the word is correctly spelled, <code>false</code>
* otherwise
*/
boolean isCorrect(String word);
/**
* Remove a dictionary from the list of active dictionaries.
*
* @param dictionary
* The dictionary to remove
*/
void removeDictionary(ISpellDictionary dictionary);
/**
* Removes a spell event listener from the active listeners.
*
* @param listener
* The listener to remove
*/
void removeListener(ISpellEventListener listener);
/**
* Returns the current locale of the spell check engine.
*
* @return The current locale of the engine
*
*/
Locale getLocale();
}