1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pdf-as-lib/src/main/java/at/knowcenter/wag/egov/egiz/tools/Normalize.java b/pdf-as-lib/src/main/java/at/knowcenter/wag/egov/egiz/tools/Normalize.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b0b8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdf-as-lib/src/main/java/at/knowcenter/wag/egov/egiz/tools/Normalize.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * <copyright> Copyright 2006 by Know-Center, Graz, Austria </copyright>
+ * PDF-AS has been contracted by the E-Government Innovation Center EGIZ, a
+ * joint initiative of the Federal Chancellery Austria and Graz University of
+ * Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "Licence");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the Licence.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the Licence at:
+ * http://www.osor.eu/eupl/
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the Licence is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the Licence for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the Licence.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+ *
+ * $Id: Normalize.java,v 1.2 2006/05/15 12:05:21 wlackner Exp $
+ */
+package at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.tools;
+
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface to get access to different normalizer implementations.
+ * 
+ * @author wlackner
+ */
+public interface Normalize {
+
+  /**
+   * Normalize a given text.
+   * @param rawText the raw text to normalize
+   * @param keepMultipleLineBreaks if true multiple line breaks in a row will not be normalized to a single line break
+   * @return the normalized string
+   */
+  public String normalize(String rawText, boolean keepMultipleLineBreaks);
+  /**
+   * Return the current normalizer version string.
+   * @return the version string
+   */
+  public String getVersion();
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the normalizer line separator string.
+   * @return the line separator string
+   */
+  public String getNormCR();
+
+}