/**
* DataCleaner (community edition)
* Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
*
* This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
* copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
* Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this distribution; if not, write to:
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
* Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package org.datacleaner.reference;
import org.datacleaner.configuration.DataCleanerConfiguration;
/**
* A string pattern defines a pattern to which you can match strings to see if
* they share a similar pattern. Examples of string patterns are:
*
* <ul>
* <li>The pattern "Aaaaaa Aaaaaaaaaa" which is a typical firstname and lastname
* pattern.</li>
* <li>The pattern ".*@.*" which is a simple way to identify strings with an
* '@'-sign in them (potential email).</li>
* </ul>
*/
public interface StringPattern extends ReferenceData {
/**
* Opens a connection to the {@link StringPattern}. Keep the connection open
* while using the synonym catalog in a session, job or so. Close it when
* you don't expect more interaction.
*
* @param configuration
* @return
*/
StringPatternConnection openConnection(DataCleanerConfiguration configuration);
}