/*
* Copyright 2010
* Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab
* Technische Universität Darmstadt
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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*
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package de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.decompounding.ranking;
import java.util.List;
import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.decompounding.splitter.DecompoundedWord;
/**
* Ranking interface for list of splits
*
*/
public interface RankerList
extends Ranker
{
/**
* Ranks the given splits and returns the split with highest rank
*
* @param aSplits
* The highest ranked split
* @return the split with highest rank
*/
public DecompoundedWord highestRank(List<DecompoundedWord> aSplits);
/**
* Ranks all splits and returns a order list
*
* @param aSplits
* the splits to rank.
* @return the ordered split.
*/
public List<DecompoundedWord> rank(List<DecompoundedWord> aSplits);
}