org.ow2.weblab.service.translate.moses
Class MosesTranslator

java.lang.Object
  org.ow2.weblab.service.translate.moses.MosesTranslator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Translator

public class MosesTranslator
extends java.lang.Object
implements Translator

MosesParser hide command line usage. Takes a moses.ini file as parameter and enables direct String translation

Author:

Jérémie Doucy, CASSIDIAN, an EADS company

Field Summary

protected java.io.BufferedReader	br Use it to read the translation response
protected java.io.BufferedWriter	bw Use it to writes the translation request
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_ESCAPED_REG_EXP Default value for escaped regular expression
protected java.lang.String	escapedRegExp Escaped regular expression
protected java.lang.String	langCode ISO 639-1 code language
protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log	LOGGER Logger
protected java.lang.String	mosesIniPath Path to the moses.ini file.

Constructor Summary

MosesTranslator(java.lang.String mosesIniPath, java.lang.String langCode)
Creates a MosesParser using a moses.ini file with the default escaped regular expression

MosesTranslator(java.lang.String mosesIniPath, java.lang.String langCode, java.lang.String escapedRegExp)
Creates a MosesParser using a moses.ini file.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.String	cleanString(java.lang.String toBeCleaned)
java.lang.String	getLangCode() Return the translated language code using ISO 639-1
protected void	launchCommand() Launch the moses -f moses.ini command.
java.lang.String	toString()
java.lang.String	translate(java.lang.String toBeTranslated) Translate into another language using previously defined moses.ini file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

escapedRegExp

protected java.lang.String escapedRegExp

Escaped regular expression

DEFAULT_ESCAPED_REG_EXP

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_ESCAPED_REG_EXP

Default value for escaped regular expression

See Also:

Constant Field Values

langCode

protected java.lang.String langCode

ISO 639-1 code language

mosesIniPath

protected java.lang.String mosesIniPath

Path to the moses.ini file. Paths inside the file must be absolute.

br

protected java.io.BufferedReader br

Use it to read the translation response

bw

protected java.io.BufferedWriter bw

Use it to writes the translation request

LOGGER

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log LOGGER

Logger

Constructor Detail

MosesTranslator

public MosesTranslator(java.lang.String mosesIniPath,
                       java.lang.String langCode,
                       java.lang.String escapedRegExp)
                throws java.io.IOException

Creates a MosesParser using a moses.ini file.

Parameters:

mosesIniPath - path to moses.ini file

langCode - destination language code

escapedRegExp - regular expression used to escape some char not well used by moses

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Something is wrong in the moses configuration file

MosesTranslator

public MosesTranslator(java.lang.String mosesIniPath,
                       java.lang.String langCode)
                throws java.io.IOException

Creates a MosesParser using a moses.ini file with the default escaped regular expression

Parameters:

mosesIniPath - path to moses.ini file

langCode - destination language code

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Something is wrong in the moses configuration file

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

launchCommand

protected void launchCommand()
                      throws java.io.IOException

Launch the moses -f moses.ini command. Initialize in writer and out reader.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - something wring when trying to invoke the command line

translate

public java.lang.String translate(java.lang.String toBeTranslated)
                           throws java.io.IOException

Translate into another language using previously defined moses.ini file.

Specified by:

translate in interface Translator

Parameters:

toBeTranslated - the String to be translated in

Returns:

the translated String

Throws:

java.io.IOException - something wrong during the translation

cleanString

protected java.lang.String cleanString(java.lang.String toBeCleaned)

getLangCode

public java.lang.String getLangCode()

Return the translated language code using ISO 639-1

Specified by:

getLangCode in interface Translator

Returns:

the translated language