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using System;

namespace Lucene.Net.Highlight
{
	/// <summary> Processes terms found in the original text, typically by applying some form 
	/// of mark-up to highlight terms in HTML search results pages.
	/// 
	/// </summary>
	public interface Formatter
	{
		/// <param name="originalText">The section of text being considered for markup
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="tokenGroup">contains one or several overlapping Tokens along with
		/// their scores and positions.
		/// </param>
		System.String HighlightTerm(System.String originalText, TokenGroup tokenGroup);
	}
}