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14 
15 #ifndef ICING_TRANSFORM_NORMALIZER_H_
16 #define ICING_TRANSFORM_NORMALIZER_H_
17 
18 #include <memory>
19 #include <string>
20 #include <string_view>
21 
22 #include "icing/text_classifier/lib3/utils/base/statusor.h"
23 #include "icing/util/character-iterator.h"
24 
25 namespace icing {
26 namespace lib {
27 
28 // Normalizes strings for text matching.
29 //
30 // Example use:
31 //   ICING_ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(auto normalizer,
32 //       normalizer_factory::Create(/*max_term_byte_size=*/5);
33 //
34 //   std::string normalized_text = normalizer->NormalizeText("HELLO!");
35 //   ICING_LOG(INFO) << normalized_text; // prints "hello"
36 class Normalizer {
37  public:
38   virtual ~Normalizer() = default;
39 
40   // Normalizes the input term based on rules. See implementation classes for
41   // specific transformation rules.
42   struct NormalizedTerm {
43     std::string text;
44   };
45   virtual NormalizedTerm NormalizeTerm(std::string_view term) const = 0;
46 
47   // Returns a CharacterIterator pointing to one past the end of the segment of
48   // term that (once normalized) matches with normalized_term.
49   //
50   // Ex. FindNormalizedMatchEndPosition("YELLOW", "yell") will return
51   // CharacterIterator(u8:4, u16:4, u32:4).
52   //
53   // Ex. FindNormalizedMatchEndPosition("YELLOW", "red") will return
54   // CharacterIterator(u8:0, u16:0, u32:0).
55   virtual CharacterIterator FindNormalizedMatchEndPosition(
56       std::string_view term, std::string_view normalized_term) const = 0;
57 };
58 
59 }  // namespace lib
60 }  // namespace icing
61 
62 #endif  // ICING_TRANSFORM_NORMALIZER_H_
63