001/** 002 * Portions Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 003 * Portions Copyright 1999-2001 Language Technologies Institute, 004 * Carnegie Mellon University. 005 * All Rights Reserved. Use is subject to license terms. 006 * 007 * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and 008 * redistribution of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL 009 * WARRANTIES. 010 */ 011package com.sun.speech.freetts; 012 013 014import com.sun.speech.freetts.relp.Sample; 015 016/** 017 * Defines a generic interface to a Unit. 018 * 019 */ 020public interface Unit { 021 022 /** 023 * Returns the name of this Unit. 024 * 025 * @return the name of this Unit 026 */ 027 public String getName(); 028 029 /** 030 * Returns the size of this unit. 031 * 032 * @return the size of this unit 033 */ 034 public int getSize(); 035 036 /** 037 * Retrieves the nearest sample. 038 * 039 * @param index the ideal index 040 * 041 * @return the nearest Sample 042 */ 043 public Sample getNearestSample(float index); 044 045 046 /** 047 * Dumps this unit. 048 */ 049 public void dump(); 050}