code: /* LanguageTool, a natural language style checker
   * Copyright (C) 2005 Daniel Naber (http://www.danielnaber.de)
   * 
   * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   *
   * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
   *
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
   * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
   * USA
   */
  
  package org.languagetool.bitext;
  
  /**
   * Interface for classes that implement reading from bitext files,
   * such as translation memory files, glossary files, aligned text...
   * 
   * @author Marcin Miłkowski
   */
  public interface BitextReader extends Iterable<StringPair> {
  
    /**
     * Get the current line number in the file.
     * @return The current line number.
     */
    int getLineCount();
    
    /**
     * Get the current column number in the file.
     * @return  The current column number.
     */
    int getColumnCount();
    
    /**
     * Get the current target column number in the file.
     * @return  The current target column number.
     */
    int getTargetColumnCount();
    
    
    /**
     * Get the current target sentence position in the file.
     * @return  The current sentence position.
     */
    int getSentencePosition();
    
    /**
     * Get the current line of the bitext input.
     * @return The complete line (including source, if any).
     */
    String getCurrentLine();
    
  }
  