eus.ixa.ixa.pipe.nerc

Class NameFactory

java.lang.Object

eus.ixa.ixa.pipe.nerc.NameFactory

public class NameFactory
extends Object

This class provides the functionality to create Name objects. E.g., the Annotate class uses the createName functions of this class to create every Name

Version:

2014-03-12

Author:

ragerri

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NameFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Name	createName(String nameString, String neType) Constructs a Name as a String with a class type (e.g.
Name	createName(String nameString, String neType, int offset, int length) Constructs a Name as a String with corresponding offsets and length from which to calculate start and end position of the Name.
Name	createName(String nameString, String neType, opennlp.tools.util.Span neSpan) Constructs a Name as a String with a type and a Span specified in terms of the number of tokens it contains.
Name	createName(String nameString, String neType, opennlp.tools.util.Span neSpan, int offset, int length) Constructs a Name as a String with corresponding offsets and length from which to calculate start and end position of the Name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NameFactory

public NameFactory()

Method Detail

createName

public final Name createName(String nameString,
                             String neType)

Constructs a Name as a String with a class type (e.g. Person, location, organization, etc.)

Parameters:

nameString - string to be added to a Name object

neType - the type of the Name

Returns:

a new Name object

createName

public final Name createName(String nameString,
                             String neType,
                             opennlp.tools.util.Span neSpan)

Constructs a Name as a String with a type and a Span specified in terms of the number of tokens it contains.

Parameters:

nameString - string to be added to a Name object

neType - the type of the Name

neSpan - the span of the Name

Returns:

a new Name object

createName

public final Name createName(String nameString,
                             String neType,
                             int offset,
                             int length)

Constructs a Name as a String with corresponding offsets and length from which to calculate start and end position of the Name.

Parameters:

nameString - string to be added to a Name object

neType - the type of the Name

offset - the starting offset of the Name

length - of the string

Returns:

a new Name object

createName

public final Name createName(String nameString,
                             String neType,
                             opennlp.tools.util.Span neSpan,
                             int offset,
                             int length)

Constructs a Name as a String with corresponding offsets and length from which to calculate start and end position of the Name.

Parameters:

nameString - string to be added to a Name object

neType - the type of the Name

neSpan - the Span

offset - the starting offset of the Name

length - of the string

Returns:

a new Name object