opennlp.tools.postag

Interface MutableTagDictionary

All Superinterfaces:

TagDictionary

All Known Implementing Classes:

POSDictionary

public interface MutableTagDictionary
extends TagDictionary

Interface that allows TagDictionary entries to be added and removed. This can be used to induce the dictionary from training data.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isCaseSensitive() Whether if the dictionary is case sensitive or not
String[]	put(String word, String... tags) Associates the specified tags with the specified word.

Methods inherited from interface opennlp.tools.postag.TagDictionary

getTags

Method Detail

put

String[] put(String word,
           String... tags)

Associates the specified tags with the specified word. If the dictionary previously contained keys for the word, the old tags are replaced by the specified tags.

Parameters:

word - word with which the specified tags is to be associated

tags - tags to be associated with the specified word

Returns:

the previous tags associated with the word, or null if there was no mapping for word.

isCaseSensitive

boolean isCaseSensitive()

Whether if the dictionary is case sensitive or not

Returns:

true if the dictionary is case sensitive