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class Hyphenator {
    /**
     * @param key
     * @return a hyphenation tree
     */
    public static HyphenationTree getResourceHyphenationTree(String key) {
        try {
            InputStream stream = BaseFont.getResourceStream(defaultHyphLocation + key + ".xml");
            if (stream == null && key.length() > 2)
                stream = BaseFont.getResourceStream(defaultHyphLocation + key.substring(0, 2) + ".xml");
            if (stream == null)
                return null;
            HyphenationTree hTree = new HyphenationTree();
            hTree.loadSimplePatterns(stream);
            return hTree;
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

}