opennlp.tools.sentdetect
Class DefaultEndOfSentenceScanner

java.lang.Object
  opennlp.tools.sentdetect.DefaultEndOfSentenceScanner

All Implemented Interfaces:

EndOfSentenceScanner

public class DefaultEndOfSentenceScanner
extends Object
implements EndOfSentenceScanner

Default implementation of the EndOfSentenceScanner. It uses an character array with possible end of sentence chars to identify potential sentence endings.

Constructor Summary

DefaultEndOfSentenceScanner(char[] eosCharacters)
Initializes the current instance.

Method Summary

char[]	getEndOfSentenceCharacters() Returns an array of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.
List<Integer>	getPositions(char[] cbuf) The receiver scans `cbuf' for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.
List<Integer>	getPositions(String s) The receiver scans the specified string for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.
List<Integer>	getPositions(StringBuffer buf) The receiver scans `buf' for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultEndOfSentenceScanner

public DefaultEndOfSentenceScanner(char[] eosCharacters)

Initializes the current instance.

Parameters:

eosCharacters -

Method Detail

getPositions

public List<Integer> getPositions(String s)

Description copied from interface: EndOfSentenceScanner

The receiver scans the specified string for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.

Specified by:

getPositions in interface EndOfSentenceScanner

Parameters:

s - a String value

Returns:

a List of Integer objects.

getPositions

public List<Integer> getPositions(StringBuffer buf)

Description copied from interface: EndOfSentenceScanner

The receiver scans `buf' for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.

Specified by:

getPositions in interface EndOfSentenceScanner

Parameters:

buf - a StringBuffer value

Returns:

a List of Integer objects.

getPositions

public List<Integer> getPositions(char[] cbuf)

Description copied from interface: EndOfSentenceScanner

The receiver scans `cbuf' for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.

Specified by:

getPositions in interface EndOfSentenceScanner

Parameters:

cbuf - a char[] value

Returns:

a List of Integer objects.

getEndOfSentenceCharacters

public char[] getEndOfSentenceCharacters()

Description copied from interface: EndOfSentenceScanner

Returns an array of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.

Specified by:

getEndOfSentenceCharacters in interface EndOfSentenceScanner

Returns:

an array of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.