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014    
015    package ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.base;
016    
017    /**
018     * This class represents an option (in a concrete way) how a partial sentence can be continued.
019     * Such a concrete option contains the specific word and may contain its category.
020     * 
021     * @see AbstractOption
022     * @see NextTokenOptions
023     * @author Tobias Kuhn
024     */
025    public interface ConcreteOption {
026    
027            /**
028             * Returns the word of this concrete option.
029             * 
030             * @return The word.
031             */
032            public String getWord();
033    
034            /**
035             * Returns the name of the category of this concrete option, or null if there is no such
036             * category.
037             * 
038             * @return The category name.
039             */
040            public String getCategoryName();
041            
042    }