edu.nyu.jet.time

Class TimeAnnotator

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.time.TimeAnnotator

public class TimeAnnotator
extends Object

Rule-driven time expression annotator. The rules are encoded in YAML format and consist of the main rules (marked "mainRules") and the transform rules (marked "transformRules").

Author:

Akira Oda

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TimeAnnotator()
TimeAnnotator(File ruleFile)
TimeAnnotator(String ruleFilename)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	annotate(Document doc, Span span, org.joda.time.DateTime ref) annotate the time expressions in 'span' with TIMEX2 annotations.
Map	getConfig()
List<PatternItem[]>	getPatterns(List<String[]> patternStrings)
List<String[]>	getPatternStrings(Map params)
void	load(File file) load the time expression rules from 'in'.
void	load(InputStream in) load the time expression rules from 'in'.
List<TimeRule>	loadRule(Map params)
org.joda.time.DateTime	normalizeMonth(org.joda.time.DateTime ref, int month)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TimeAnnotator

public TimeAnnotator()

TimeAnnotator

public TimeAnnotator(String ruleFilename)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

TimeAnnotator

public TimeAnnotator(File ruleFile)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

annotate

public void annotate(Document doc,
            Span span,
            org.joda.time.DateTime ref)

annotate the time expressions in 'span' with TIMEX2 annotations.

Parameters:

doc - the document to be annotated

span - the span of doc to be annotated

ref - the reference time -- the time the text was written

load

public void load(InputStream in)
          throws IOException

load the time expression rules from 'in'. These rules should be in YAML format.

Throws:

IOException

load

public void load(File file)
          throws IOException

load the time expression rules from 'in'. These rules should be in YAML format.

Parameters:

file - the file object

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

getConfig

public Map getConfig()

loadRule

public List<TimeRule> loadRule(Map params)

getPatterns

public List<PatternItem[]> getPatterns(List<String[]> patternStrings)

getPatternStrings

public List<String[]> getPatternStrings(Map params)

normalizeMonth

public org.joda.time.DateTime normalizeMonth(org.joda.time.DateTime ref,
                                    int month)