Package opennlp.tools.util.jvm

Interface StringInterner

public interface StringInterner

A marker-interface for a String interner implementation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	intern(String sample)	Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance for any collection of string instances that are equal to each other.

Method Details

intern

String intern(String sample)

Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance for any collection of string instances that are equal to each other.

Parameters:

sample - string instance to be interned

Returns:

reference to the interned string instance