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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2011 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.spelling.engine;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for iterators used for spell checking.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public interface ISpellCheckIterator extends Iterator<String> {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the begin index (inclusive) of the current word.
+ *
+ * @return The begin index of the current word
+ */
+ public int getBegin();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the end index (exclusive) of the current word.
+ *
+ * @return The end index of the current word
+ */
+ public int getEnd();
+
+ /**
+ * Does the current word start a new sentence?
+ *
+ * @return <code>true<code> iff the current word starts a new sentence, <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ public boolean startsSentence();
+
+ /**
+ * Tells whether to ignore single letters
+ * from being checked.
+ *
+ * @since 3.3
+ * @param state <code>true</code> if single letters should be ignored
+ */
+ public void setIgnoreSingleLetters(boolean state);
+}