IHasDefinitions.java

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package de.tudarmstadt.ukp.lmf.model.interfaces;

import java.util.List;

import de.tudarmstadt.ukp.lmf.model.core.Definition;

/**
 * An interface for Uby-LMF classes that are associated to one or more {@link Definition} instances.
 *
 * @author Zijad Maksuti
 *
 */
public interface IHasDefinitions {

	/**
	 * Returns the {@link List} of all {@link Definition} instances representing the
	 * narrative description of this Uby-LMF class instance.
	 * @return the list of all definitions of this sense or an empty list, if the sense does not have
	 * any definitions set
	 */
	List<Definition> getDefinitions();

	/**
	 * Sets the {@link List} of all {@link Definition} instances to this Uby-LMF class instance.
	 * @param definitions the definitions to set
	 */
	void setDefinitions(List<Definition> definitions);

}