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+/*
+ * <copyright>
+ *  Copyright (c) 2006 by Know-Center, Graz, Austria
+ * </copyright>
+ *
+ *  This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Know-Center,
+ *  Graz, Austria. You shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall 
+ *  use it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered 
+ *  into with Know-Center.
+ *
+ *  KNOW-CENTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE
+ *  SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
+ *  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, 
+ *  OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. KNOW-CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
+ *  SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING
+ *  THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
+ * 
+ * $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
+   * @return the normalized string
+   */
+  public String normalize(String rawText);
+  /**
+   * 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();
+
+}