edu.nyu.jet.ne

Class TransformRule

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.ne.TransformRule

public class TransformRule
extends Object

a transformation rule of the Extended Named Entity annotator.

Author:

Akira Oda

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TransformRule() create a new TransformRule.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(Document doc, Annotation[] tokens, int pos, ClassHierarchyResolver resolver) determines whether the left-hand side of the rule matches the tokens beginning with token[pos].
int	getPatternTokenCount() return a count of the number of tokens to be matched by the left-hand (match) portion of the rule.
void	setChangeRule(edu.nyu.jet.ne.ChangeType type, ChangeRule[] changeRules) set the right-hand (change) portion of the rule.
void	setMatchRules(MatchRuleItem[] ruleItems) set the left-hand (match) portion of the rule.
void	transform(Document doc, Annotation[] tokens, int pos) applies the transformation (right-hand part) of the rule to the tokens starting with token[pos].

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TransformRule

public TransformRule()

create a new TransformRule.

Method Detail

setMatchRules

public void setMatchRules(MatchRuleItem[] ruleItems)

set the left-hand (match) portion of the rule.

setChangeRule

public void setChangeRule(edu.nyu.jet.ne.ChangeType type,
                 ChangeRule[] changeRules)

set the right-hand (change) portion of the rule.

getPatternTokenCount

public int getPatternTokenCount()

return a count of the number of tokens to be matched by the left-hand (match) portion of the rule.

accept

public boolean accept(Document doc,
             Annotation[] tokens,
             int pos,
             ClassHierarchyResolver resolver)

determines whether the left-hand side of the rule matches the tokens beginning with token[pos].

Returns:

true if is does match, else false.

transform

public void transform(Document doc,
             Annotation[] tokens,
             int pos)

applies the transformation (right-hand part) of the rule to the tokens starting with token[pos].