uk.ac.man.entitytagger.matching.matchers
Class AutomatonMatcher

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.man.entitytagger.matching.Matcher
      uk.ac.man.entitytagger.matching.matchers.AutomatonMatcher

public class AutomatonMatcher
extends Matcher

Class for matching using an automaton

Author:

Martin

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class uk.ac.man.entitytagger.matching.Matcher

Matcher.Disambiguation

Field Summary

private CustomRunAutomaton[]	automatons
private boolean	ignoreCase

Constructor Summary

AutomatonMatcher(CustomRunAutomaton[] automatons, boolean ignoreCase)
Will create an automaton matcher, given a set of automatons and some settings

Method Summary

CustomRunAutomaton[]	getAutomatons()
static AutomatonMatcher	loadMatcher(java.io.File file) Will load an automaton binary file, and return a created automaton matcher.
static AutomatonMatcher[]	loadMatchers(java.io.File[] files)
java.util.List<Mention>	match(java.lang.String text, Document doc) Performs matching
int	size()
void	store(java.io.File file) Will store the automatons in the automaton matcher to a file

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.man.entitytagger.matching.Matcher

combineMatches, detectEnumerations, disambiguate, isValidMatch, match, match, match, performAcronymResolution

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

automatons

private CustomRunAutomaton[] automatons

ignoreCase

private boolean ignoreCase

Constructor Detail

AutomatonMatcher

public AutomatonMatcher(CustomRunAutomaton[] automatons,
                        boolean ignoreCase)

Will create an automaton matcher, given a set of automatons and some settings

Parameters:

automatons - the automatons used for matching

ignoreCase - whether to ignore case or not

Method Detail

loadMatcher

public static AutomatonMatcher loadMatcher(java.io.File file)

Will load an automaton binary file, and return a created automaton matcher.

Parameters:

file -

ignoreCase2 -

Returns:

the automaton matcher

loadMatchers

public static AutomatonMatcher[] loadMatchers(java.io.File[] files)

store

public void store(java.io.File file)

Will store the automatons in the automaton matcher to a file

Parameters:

file -

match

public java.util.List<Mention> match(java.lang.String text,
                                     Document doc)

Performs matching

Specified by:

match in class Matcher

doc - the document associated to the text, may be null

Returns:

the mentions found by the matcher in the text

size

public int size()

Overrides:

size in class Matcher

getAutomatons

public CustomRunAutomaton[] getAutomatons()

Returns:

the automatons