Accessing translation resources

[Yves Savourel]

Some ideas for the interface to the Translation Resources.

Many of the operations are similar between the different types of translation resources, so we can probably use a set of interfaces for common set of functuionalities and a few specialized one for each feature specific to a type of resource.

	TM	MT	TermDB
Sets the parameters for this connector	setParameters(IParameters params)	setParameters(IParameters params)	setParameters(IParameters params)
Gets the current parameters of the connector	IParameters getParameters()	IParameters getParameters()	IParameters getParameters()
Opens the connector	void open()	void open()	void open()
Closes the connector	void close()	void close()	void close()
Sets the source locale	void setSource(LocaleId locId)	void setSource(LocaleId locId)	void setSource(LocaleId locId)
Gets the current source locale	LocaleId getSourceLocale()	LocaleId getSourceLocale()	LocaleId getSourceLocale()
Sets the target locale	void setTargetLocale(LocaleId locId)	void setTargetLocale(LocaleId locId)	void setTargetLocale(LocaleId locId)
Gets the current target locale	LocaleId getTargetLocale()	LocaleId getTargetLocale()	LocaleId getTargetLocale()
Searches a plain text string. Returns an iterable on the results found.	Iterable<Result> search(String text)	Iterable<Result> search(String text)
Searches a TextFragment. Returns an iterable on the results found.	Iterable<Result> search(TextFragment text)	Iterable<Result> search(TextFragment text)
Performs a concordance search with a string. Returns an iterable on the results found.	Iterable<Result> searchConcordances(String text)
Performs a concordance search with a TextFragment. Returns an iterable on the results found.	Iterable<Result> searchConcordances(TextFragment text)
Performs a term search with a text. Returns an iterable on the list of resulting entries.			Iterable<TermUnit> searchTerm(String term)
Sets the threshold of fuzzyness for the search	void setThreshold(int min)	void setThreshold(int min)	??? void setThreshold(int min)
Gets the current threshold	int getThreshold()	int getThreshold()	??? int getThreshold()
Sets the maximum number of results to return.	void setMaximumResults(int max)	void setMaximumResults(int max)	??? void setMaximumResults(int max)
Get the current maximum number of results.	int getThreshold()	int getThreshold()	??? int getThreshold()
Imports a TMX document into the resource	void importTMX(String path)	??? void importTMX(String path)
Exports a TMX files from the resource.	void exportTMX(String path)
Sets a given attribute	void setAttribute(String name, String value)	void setAttribute(String name, String value)	void setAttribute(String name, String value)
Gets an attribute.	String getAttribute(String name)	String getAttribute(String name)	String getAttribute(String name)
Clears all the current attributes	void clearAttributes()	void clearAttributes()	void clearAttributes()
Sets a group of attributes.	void setAttributes(Map<String, String> map)	void setAttributes(Map<String, String> map)	void setAttributes(Map<String, String> map)
Gets all the current attributes.	Map<String, String> getAttributes()	Map<String, String> getAttributes()	Map<String, String> getAttributes()
Updates (or adds) an entry in the resource from plain text	updateEntry(String source, String target, Map<String, String> attributes)
Updates (or adds) an entry in the resource from TextFragment objects.	updateEntry(TextFragment source, TextFragment target, Map<String, String> attributes)
??? Updates (or adds) an entry in the resource from a TextUnit object.	updateEntry(TextUnit tu, Map<String, String> attributes)
??? Updates (or adds) an entry in the resource from a TextContainer object.	updateEntry(TextContainer source, TextContainer target, Map<String, String> attributes)

-ys