TextService.java

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package org.olat.core.commons.services.text;

import java.util.Locale;

public interface TextService {

	/**
	 * Return a possible locale for the text. See details of the implementation
	 * to know the limitation of the algorithm used to find it.
	 * @param text
	 * @return
	 */
	public Locale detectLocale(String text);
	
	/**
	 * Return the number of words in the text. See details of the implementation
	 * to know the limitation of the algorithm used to find it.
	 * @param text
	 * @return
	 */
	public int wordCount(String text, Locale locale);
	
	/**
	 * Return the number of characters in the text. See details of the implementation
	 * to know the limitation of the algorithm used to find it.
	 * @param text
	 * @return
	 */
	public int characterCount(String text, Locale locale);
}