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package net.sourceforge.phpdt.internal.ui.text.spelling.engine;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;
/**
* Interface for spell-check engines.
*
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface ISpellCheckEngine {
/**
* Creates a configured instance of a spell-checker that uses the
* appropriate dictionaries.
*
* @param locale
* The locale to get the spell checker for
* @param store
* The preference store for the spell-checker
* @return A configured instance of a spell checker, or null
* iff no dictionary could be found for that locale
*/
ISpellChecker createSpellChecker(Locale locale, IPreferenceStore store);
/**
* Returns the current locale of the spell check engine.
*
* @return The current locale of the engine
*/
Locale getLocale();
/**
* Registers a dictionary for all locales available on the platform.
*
* This call is equivalent to calling
* registerDictionary(Locale,ISpellDictionary)
for each of
* the locales returned by Locale.getAvailableLocales()
.
*
* All registered dictionaries are unloaded and the engine unregisters for
* preference changes. After a new call to
* getSpellChecker(Locale)
, it registers again for
* preference changes. The dictionaries perform lazy loading, that is to say
* on the next query they reload their associated word lists.
*/
void unload();
/**
* Unregisters a dictionary previously registered either by a call to
* registerDictionary(Locale,ISpellDictionary)
or
* registerDictionary(ISpellDictionary)
. If the dictionary
* was not registered before, nothing happens.
*
* @param dictionary
* The dictionary to unregister
*/
void unregisterDictionary(ISpellDictionary dictionary);
}