SymbolTableHandler.java

package org.maltparser.core.symbol;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.maltparser.core.exception.MaltChainedException;

public interface SymbolTableHandler extends TableHandler {

    public SymbolTable addSymbolTable(String tableName) throws MaltChainedException;

    public SymbolTable addSymbolTable(String tableName, SymbolTable parentTable) throws MaltChainedException;

    public SymbolTable addSymbolTable(String tableName, int columnCategory, String nullValueStrategy) throws MaltChainedException;

    public SymbolTable getSymbolTable(String tableName) throws MaltChainedException;

    public Set<String> getSymbolTableNames();

    public void cleanUp();

    public void save(OutputStreamWriter osw) throws MaltChainedException;

    public void save(String fileName, String charSet) throws MaltChainedException;

    public void load(InputStreamReader isr) throws MaltChainedException;

    public void load(String fileName, String charSet) throws MaltChainedException;

    public void printSymbolTables(Logger logger) throws MaltChainedException;

    public SymbolTable loadTagset(String fileName, String tableName, String charSet, int columnCategory, String nullValueStrategy) throws MaltChainedException;
}