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package org.apache.lucene.search.highlight;

/**
 * Processes terms found in the original text, typically by applying some form 
 * of mark-up to highlight terms in HTML search results pages.
 *
 */
public interface Formatter {
    /**
     * @param originalText The section of text being considered for markup
     * @param tokenGroup contains one or several overlapping Tokens along with
     * their scores and positions.
     */
    String highlightTerm(String originalText, TokenGroup tokenGroup);
}