Interface LanguageBreakEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:
BurmeseBreakEngine, CjkBreakEngine, DictionaryBreakEngine, KhmerBreakEngine, LaoBreakEngine, LSTMBreakEngine, ThaiBreakEngine, UnhandledBreakEngine
public interface LanguageBreakEngine
The LanguageBreakEngine interface is to be used to implement any language-specific logic for break iteration.

  • Method Details

    • handles

      boolean handles(int c)
      Parameters:
      c - A Unicode codepoint value
      Returns:
      true if the engine can handle this character, false otherwise

    • findBreaks

      int findBreaks(CharacterIterator text, int startPos, int endPos, DictionaryBreakEngine.DequeI foundBreaks, boolean isPhraseBreaking)
      Implements the actual breaking logic. Find any breaks within a run in the supplied text.
      Parameters:
      text - The text to break over. The iterator is left at the end of the run of characters which the engine has handled.
      startPos - The index of the beginning of the range
      endPos - The index of the possible end of our range. It is possible, however, that the range ends earlier
      foundBreaks - A data structure to receive the break positions.
      Returns:
      the number of breaks found