// Copyright 2000 by Kevin Atkinson under the terms of the LGPL

#ifndef __aspeller_phonetic__

#define __aspeller_phonetic__

#include "string.hpp"

using namespace acommon;

namespace acommon {struct Conv;}

namespace aspeller {

  class Language;

  class Soundslike {

  public:

    virtual String soundslike_chars() const = 0;

    // string must be null terminated even if len is given

    virtual char * to_soundslike(char *, const char *, int len = -1) const = 0;

    virtual const char * name() const = 0;

    virtual const char * version() const = 0;

    virtual PosibErr<void> setup(Conv &) = 0;

    virtual ~Soundslike() {}

  };

  PosibErr<Soundslike *> new_soundslike(ParmString name,

                                        Conv & conv,

                                        const Language * lang);

};

#endif