Interface IParagraphUnit

A continous unit of source language content within a single context, and (if applicable) the localized target language version of the content. This often corresponds to a paragraph of text in a native file.

Inherited Members

ICloneable.Clone()

Namespace: SdlSdl.FileTypeSupportFrameworkBilingualApi

Assembly: Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Core.dll

Syntax

public interface IParagraphUnit : ICloneable

Remarks

There are two types of paragraph units: those that contain localizable content, and those that do not contain localizable content. The latter is referred to as a structure paragraph unit, and typically only contains structure tags and associated whitespace. The IsStructure property indicates whether this paragraph unit is a structure paragraph unit. Since the content of structure paragraph units is not localized, their Target property is null.

Paragraph units that are not structure paragraph units are referred to as localizable paragraph units. They normally have both Source and Target, and never contain structure tags.

The Properties of the paragraph unit contains associated information, including contexts and the paragraph unit's unique id.

The content in localizable paragraph units is typically divided into segments. A segment is usually a sentence. Segments exist in source and target language versions, and you can iterate over them using the SegmentPairs property.

When processing content in a localizable paragraph, it is important to be aware of the fact that the segments do not represent all content of the paragraph. There may also be content between segments. Examples of such content include space characters (which separate sentences), tags that appearr between sentences, etc. Content between segments can differ between the Source and Target.

To iterate over content between segments you can use a Location. The GetSourceSegmentLocation(SegmentId) and GetTargetSegmentLocation(SegmentId) methods can be useful for this task.

The GetSourceSegment(SegmentId) and GetTargetSegment(SegmentId) methods provide a convenient way of locating the corresponding source/target version for a segment.

Properties

IsStructure

true if this is a structure ParagraphUnit, i.e. a paragraph unit that contains no localizable content (i.e. structure tags and whitespace only).

Declaration

bool IsStructure { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool

Properties

Information on this paragraph unit

Declaration

IParagraphUnitProperties Properties { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IParagraphUnitProperties

SegmentPairs

Iterator for easy access to the source and target segments in the ParagraphUnit

Declaration

IEnumerable<ISegmentPair> SegmentPairs { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IEnumerableISegmentPair

Source

Source language content of the ParagraphUnit

Declaration

IParagraph Source { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IParagraph

Target

Target language content of the ParagraphUnit

Declaration

IParagraph Target { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IParagraph

Methods

GetSegmentPair(SegmentId)

Get the source and target segment with a specified id.

Declaration

ISegmentPair GetSegmentPair(SegmentId id)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SegmentId	id

Returns

Type	Description
ISegmentPair	Null if no segments with that id exist in the source

GetSourceSegment(SegmentId)

Returns the segment with the specified id if it exists in the source of this ParagraphUnit.

Declaration

ISegment GetSourceSegment(SegmentId id)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SegmentId	id

Returns

Type	Description
ISegment	Null if no segment with that id exists in the source

GetSourceSegmentLocation(SegmentId)

Locates the segment with the specified id inside the source.

Declaration

Location GetSourceSegmentLocation(SegmentId id)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SegmentId	id	The segment id to search for.

Returns

Type	Description
Location	Location of the start of the source segment inside the source paragraph, or null if it does not exist.

GetTargetSegment(SegmentId)

Returns the segment with the specified id if it exists in the target of this ParagraphUnit.

Declaration

ISegment GetTargetSegment(SegmentId id)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SegmentId	id

Returns

Type	Description
ISegment	Null if no segment with that id exists in the target

GetTargetSegmentLocation(SegmentId)

Locates the segment with the specified id inside the target.

Declaration

Location GetTargetSegmentLocation(SegmentId id)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SegmentId	id	The segment id to search for.

Returns

Type	Description
Location	Location of the start of the target segment inside the target paragraph, or null if it does not exist.