edu.nyu.jet.pat

Class PatternSet

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.pat.PatternSet

public class PatternSet
extends Object

a set of pattern-action rules which are applied together when processing a document.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	limit applies the rules in the PatternSet to the specified span of the document.
InternalPatternNode	rootNode

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PatternSet() creates an empty PatternSet (with no rules)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addRule(PatternRule rule) adds a rule to a PatternSet
void	apply(Document doc) applies the rules in the PatternSet to the entire document.
void	apply(Document doc, Span span)
void	makePatternGraph(PatternCollection collection) converts the set of rules in this pattern set into a graph.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

rootNode

public InternalPatternNode rootNode

limit

public static int limit

applies the rules in the PatternSet to the specified span of the document.

Constructor Detail

PatternSet

public PatternSet()

creates an empty PatternSet (with no rules)

Method Detail

addRule

public void addRule(PatternRule rule)

adds a rule to a PatternSet

makePatternGraph

public void makePatternGraph(PatternCollection collection)

converts the set of rules in this pattern set into a graph. Once the rules have been converted to a graph, they can be applied to a document using the apply method.

apply

public void apply(Document doc)

applies the rules in the PatternSet to the entire document.

apply

public void apply(Document doc,
         Span span)