edu.nyu.jet.lex

Class LexicalEntry

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.lex.LexicalEntry

public class LexicalEntry
extends Object

the basic element of the (internal) lexicon: the set of definitions of a word or sequence of words.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LexicalEntry(String[] wds, FeatureSet fs) creates a lexical entry for the sequence of words wds and makes fs one definition of this sequence.
LexicalEntry(String[] wds, FeatureSet fs, String type)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addDefinition(FeatureSet fs) adds fs as an additional definition for this lexical entry
FeatureSet[]	getDefinition() returns the definitions for the lexical entry
int	matches(Document doc, int posn) determines whether the lexical entry matches the tokens in Document doc, starting at position posn.
boolean	matches(String[] wds) determines whether the lexical entry matches the sequence of tokens wds.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LexicalEntry

public LexicalEntry(String[] wds,
            FeatureSet fs)

creates a lexical entry for the sequence of words wds and makes fs one definition of this sequence.

LexicalEntry

public LexicalEntry(String[] wds,
            FeatureSet fs,
            String type)

Method Detail

addDefinition

public void addDefinition(FeatureSet fs)

adds fs as an additional definition for this lexical entry

getDefinition

public FeatureSet[] getDefinition()

returns the definitions for the lexical entry

matches

public boolean matches(String[] wds)

determines whether the lexical entry matches the sequence of tokens wds. Returns true if it does, otherwise false.

matches

public int matches(Document doc,
          int posn)

determines whether the lexical entry matches the tokens in Document doc, starting at position posn. If it does, it returns the end position of the last token matched; otherwise it returns 0. If a token is marked case=forcedCap, a case-independent comparison is done between the entry and the token; otherwise the comparison is case-sensitive.