#region MIT license
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// MIT license
//
// Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Jiri Moudry, Pascal Craponne
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#endregion
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;

namespace DbLinq.Language
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Words manipulation for a specific language.
    /// - Singularization/pluralization
    /// - Words extraction
    /// </summary>
    internal interface ILanguageWords
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// using English heuristics, convert 'dogs' to 'dog',
        /// 'categories' to 'category',
        /// 'cat' remains unchanged.
        /// </summary>
        string Singularize(string plural);

        /// <summary>
        /// using English heuristics, convert 'dog' to 'dogs',
        /// 'bass' remains unchanged.
        /// </summary>
        string Pluralize(string singular);

        /// <summary>
        /// Extracts words from an undistinguishable letters magma
        /// for example "shipsperunit" --&gt; "ships" "per" "unit"
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="text">The text.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IList<string> GetWords(string text);

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if the required culture is supported
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="cultureInfo"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        bool Supports(CultureInfo cultureInfo);

        /// <summary>
        /// Loads the words (operation may be slow, so it is excluded from ctor)
        /// </summary>
        void Load();
    }
}