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yacy_search_server/source/net/yacy/document/geolocalization/Localization.java

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/**
* Localization.java
* Copyright 2010 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
* first published 16.05.2010 on http://yacy.net
*
* This file is part of YaCy Content Integration
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this program in the file COPYING.LESSER.
* If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package net.yacy.document.geolocalization;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
/**
* localization interface
* @author Michael Peter Christen
*
*/
public interface Localization {
/**
* the number of locations that this localization stores
* @return the number of locations
*/
public int locations();
/**
* find a location by name
* @param anyname - a name of a location
* @param locationexact - if true, then only exact matched with the location are returned. if false also partially matching names
* @return a set of locations, ordered by population (if this information is given)
*/
public TreeSet<Location> find(String anyname, boolean locationexact);
/**
* recommend a set of names according to a given name
* @param s a possibly partially matching name
* @return a set of names that match with the given name using the local dictionary of names
*/
public Set<String> recommend(String s);
/**
* return an nickname of the localization service
* @return the nickname
*/
public String nickname();
/**
* hashCode that must be used to distinguish localization services in hash sets
* @return the hash code, may be derived from the nickname
*/
public int hashCode();
/**
* compare localization services; to be used for hash sets with localization services
* @param other
* @return true if both objects are localization services and have the same nickname
*/
public boolean equals(Object other);
}