text: ﻿#region MIT license
  // 
  // 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();
      }
  }