package edu.northwestern.at.utils.corpuslinguistics.namestandardizer;

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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

import edu.northwestern.at.utils.corpuslinguistics.lexicon.*;

/**	NoopNameStandardizer -- returns original proper name untouched.
 */

public class NoopNameStandardizer
	implements NameStandardizer
{
	/**	Load spelling data.
	 *
	 *	@param	properNamesFileName		File containing proper names data.
	 *
	 *	<p>
	 *	Does nothing here.
	 *	</p>
	 */

	public void loadNames( String properNamesFileName )
		throws IOException
	{
	}

	/**	Load names from a lexicon.
	 *
	 *	@param	lexicon		The lexicon from which to load names.
	 *
	 *	<p>
	 *	Does nothing here.
	 *	</p>
	 */

	public void loadNamesFromLexicon( Lexicon lexicon )
		throws IOException
	{
	}

	/**	Return number of names.
	 *
	 *	@return		Always returns 0.
	 */

	public int getNumberOfNames()
	{
		return 0;
	}

	/**	Check if we should not standardize a name.
	 *
	 *	@param	properName	Name to check.
	 *
	 *	@return				Always true to avoid standardizing name.
	 */

	public boolean dontStandardize( String properName )
	{
		return true;
	}

	/**	Preprocess proper name.
	 *
	 *	@param	properName	Proper name to preprocess before standardization.
	 *
	 *	@return				Proper name untouched.
	 */

	public String preprocessProperName( String properName )
	{
		return properName;
	}

	/**	Returns standard proper name given a proper name.
	 *
	 *	@param	properName	The proper name.
	 *
	 *	@return				The propert name untouched.
	 */

	public String standardizeProperName( String properName )
	{
		return properName;
	}
}

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