mosesdecoder/moses/DecodeStepTranslation.h

// $Id$

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Moses - factored phrase-based language decoder
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#ifndef moses_DecodeStepTranslation_h
#define moses_DecodeStepTranslation_h

#include "DecodeStep.h"
#include "moses/TranslationModel/PhraseDictionary.h"

namespace Moses
{

class PhraseDictionaryFeature;
class TargetPhrase;

//! subclass of DecodeStep for translation step
class DecodeStepTranslation : public DecodeStep
{
public:
  DecodeStepTranslation(); //! not implemented
  DecodeStepTranslation(const PhraseDictionaryFeature* phraseFeature, const DecodeStep* prev);


  virtual void Process(const TranslationSystem* system
                       , const TranslationOption &inputPartialTranslOpt
                       , const DecodeStep &decodeStep
                       , PartialTranslOptColl &outputPartialTranslOptColl
                       , TranslationOptionCollection *toc
                       , bool adhereTableLimit) const;


  /*! initialize list of partial translation options by applying the first translation step
  * Ideally, this function should be in DecodeStepTranslation class
  */
  void ProcessInitialTranslation(const TranslationSystem* system
                                 , const InputType &source
                                 , PartialTranslOptColl &outputPartialTranslOptColl
                                 , size_t startPos, size_t endPos, bool adhereTableLimit) const;

private:
  /*! create new TranslationOption from merging oldTO with mergePhrase
  	This function runs IsCompatible() to ensure the two can be merged
  */
  TranslationOption *MergeTranslation(const TranslationOption& oldTO, const TargetPhrase &targetPhrase) const;
};


}
#endif