Jskad/source/org/thdl/tib/text/ttt/TTraits.java

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package org.thdl.tib.text.ttt;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import org.thdl.tib.text.DuffCode;

/** A TTraits object encapsulates all the things that make a
 *  particular Roman transliteration scheme unique.  For the most
 *  part, this difference is expressed at the finest granularity
 *  possible -- often single characters of Roman transliteration.
 *
 *  <p>If both EWTS and ACIP transliterations have a property in
 *  common, then it's likely encoded in a manner that's hard to
 *  modify.  But if they differ in some respect, then that difference
 *  should be encoded in a TTraits object.
 *
 *  <p>It is very likely that classes that implement this interface
 *  will choose to use the design pattern 'singleton'. */
interface TTraits {
    /** Returns the disambiguator for this transliteration scheme,
     *  which had better be a string containing just one character
     *  lest {@link #disambiguatorChar()} become nonsensical for
     *  certain transliteration systems.  A disambiguator is the
     *  string that separates two bits of transliteration that would
     *  otherwise be interpreted differently.  The canonical example
     *  is EWTS's {gya} versus {g.ya}, which, due to the disambiguator
     *  in the latter, are different sequences of Unicode. */
    String disambiguator();

    /** For convenience, a convenience that is possible because ACIP's
     *  and EWTS's disambiguator strings both have length one, this
     *  method returns the sole character in the string returned by
     *  {@link #disambiguator()}. */
    char disambiguatorChar();

    /** Returns the maximum number of characters of transliteration
     *  required to denote a Tibetan consonant. */
    int maxConsonantLength();

    /** Returns the maximum number of characters of transliteration
     *  required to denote a Tibetan wowel, i.e. a vowel or one or
     *  more hangers-on like U+TODO(DLC)[EWTS->Tibetan]:_NOW or both. */
    int maxWowelLength();
    // TODO(DLC)[EWTS->Tibetan]: use the term 'wowel' everywhere, never "vowel" unless you mean just {e,i,o,u}

    /** Returns true if and only if <em>s</em> is a stretch of
     *  transliteration corresponding to a Tibetan consonant (without
     *  any wowel) */
    boolean isConsonant(String s);

    /** Returns true if and only if <em>s</em> is a stretch of
     *  transliteration corresponding to a Tibetan wowel (without any
     *  [achen or other] consonant) */
    boolean isWowel(String s); // TODO(DLC)[EWTS->Tibetan]: what about "m:" as opposed to "m" or ":"

    /** Returns true if and only if the pair given has a simple error
     *  other than being a mere disambiguator. */
    boolean hasSimpleError(TPair p);

    /** The implicit 'ahhh' vowel, the one you see when you write the
        human-friendly transliteration for "\u0f40\u0f0b". */
    String aVowel();

    /** Returns true if s is a valid postsuffix.  s must not have a
        wowel on it. */
    boolean isPostsuffix(String s);

    /** Returns true if and only if l is the representation of a
        letter that can be a suffix.  Note that all postsuffixes are
        also suffixes.  l should not have a wowel. */
    boolean isSuffix(String l);

    /** Returns true if and only if l is the representation of a
        letter that can be a prefix.  l should not have a wowel. */
    boolean isPrefix(String l);

    /** Returns the EWTS transliteration corresponding to the
     *  consonant l, which should not have a vowel.  Returns null if
     *  there is no such EWTS.
     *
     *  <p>May return "W" instead of "w", "r" instead of "R", and "y"
     *  instead of "Y" because we sometimes don't have enough context
     *  to decide.
     *
     *  <p>The reasoning for "W" instead of "w" is that r-w and r+w
     *  are both known hash keys (as {@link
     *  org.thdl.tib.text#TibetanMachineWeb} would call them).  We
     *  sort 'em out this way.  (They are the only things like this
     *  according to bug report #800166.) */
    String getEwtsForConsonant(String l);

    /** Returns the EWTS corresponding to the given punctuation or
     *  mark.  Returns null if there is no such EWTS. */
    String getEwtsForOther(String l);

    /** Returns the EWTS corresponding to the given "wowel".  Returns
     *  null if there is no such EWTS. */
    String getEwtsForWowel(String l);

    /** If l is a consonant or vowel or punctuation mark, then this
     *  returns the Unicode for it.  The Unicode for the subscribed
     *  form of the glyph is returned if subscribed is true.  Returns
     *  null if l is unknown. */
    String getUnicodeFor(String l, boolean subscribed);

    /** Returns a scanner that can break up a string of
        transliteration. */
    TTshegBarScanner scanner();

    /** Gets the duffcodes for wowel, such that they look good with
     *  the preceding glyph, and appends them to duff. */
    void getDuffForWowel(ArrayList duff, DuffCode preceding, String wowel);
}