Package opennlp.tools.namefind

Class RegexNameFinder

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.namefind.RegexNameFinder

All Implemented Interfaces:

TokenNameFinder

public final class RegexNameFinder
extends Object
implements TokenNameFinder

Name finder based on a series of regular expressions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RegexNameFinder(Map<String,Pattern[]> regexMap)
RegexNameFinder(Pattern[] patterns)	Deprecated.
RegexNameFinder(Pattern[] patterns, String type)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearAdaptiveData()	Forgets all adaptive data which was collected during previous calls to one of the find methods.
Span[]	find(String text)	NEW.
Span[]	find(String[] tokens)	Generates name tags for the given sequence, typically a sentence, returning token spans for any identified names.
Pattern[]	getmPatterns()
String	getsType()
void	setmPatterns(Pattern[] mPatterns)
void	setsType(String sType)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexNameFinder

public RegexNameFinder(Map<String,Pattern[]> regexMap)

RegexNameFinder

public RegexNameFinder(Pattern[] patterns,
                       String type)

RegexNameFinder

@Deprecated
public RegexNameFinder(Pattern[] patterns)

Deprecated.

use constructor RegexNameFinder(Pattern[], String) for single types, and/or constructor RegexNameFinder(Map)

Method Detail

find

public Span[] find(String[] tokens)

Description copied from interface: TokenNameFinder

Generates name tags for the given sequence, typically a sentence, returning token spans for any identified names.

Specified by:

find in interface TokenNameFinder

Parameters:

tokens - an array of the tokens or words of the sequence, typically a sentence.

Returns:

an array of spans for each of the names identified.

find

public Span[] find(String text)

NEW. This method removes the need for tokenization, but returns the Span with character indices, rather than word.

Parameters:

text -

Returns:

clearAdaptiveData

public void clearAdaptiveData()

Description copied from interface: TokenNameFinder

Forgets all adaptive data which was collected during previous calls to one of the find methods. This method is typical called at the end of a document.

Specified by:

clearAdaptiveData in interface TokenNameFinder

getmPatterns

public Pattern[] getmPatterns()

setmPatterns

public void setmPatterns(Pattern[] mPatterns)

getsType

public String getsType()

setsType

public void setsType(String sType)