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+/**
+ * (C) Copyright 2017 Benjamin Culkin.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package bjc.inflexion;
+
+/**
+ * An affix attached to a word and used for inflection.
+ * 
+ * @author EVE
+ *
+ */
+public interface InflectionAffix {
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a word has this affix.
+	 * 
+	 * @param word
+	 *                The word to check.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Whether or not the word has the affix.
+	 */
+	boolean hasAffix(String word);
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove the affix from a word.
+	 * 
+	 * @param word
+	 *                The word to remove the affix from.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The word with the affix removed.
+	 */
+	String deaffix(String word);
+
+	/**
+	 * Apply this affix to a word.
+	 * 
+	 * @param word
+	 *                The word to apply the affix to.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The word with the affix applied.
+	 */
+	String affix(String word);
+
+}
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