Package opennlp.tools.sentdetect

Interface EndOfSentenceScanner

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    DefaultEndOfSentenceScanner
    public interface EndOfSentenceScanner
    Scans Strings, StringBuffers, and char[] arrays for the offsets of sentence ending characters.

    Implementations of this interface can use regular expressions, hand-coded DFAs, and other scanning techniques to locate end of sentence offsets.

    • Method Detail

      • getEndOfSentenceCharacters

        @Deprecated
char[] getEndOfSentenceCharacters()
        Deprecated.
        Returns an array of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.
        Returns:
        an array of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.

      • getEOSCharacters

        Set<Character> getEOSCharacters()
        Returns a set of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.
        Returns:
        a set of character which can indicate the end of a sentence.

      • getPositions

        List<Integer> getPositions​(String s)
        The receiver scans the specified string for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.
        Parameters:
        s - a String value
        Returns:
        a List of Integer objects.

      • getPositions

        List<Integer> getPositions​(StringBuffer buf)
        The receiver scans `buf' for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.
        Parameters:
        buf - a StringBuffer value
        Returns:
        a List of Integer objects.

      • getPositions

        List<Integer> getPositions​(char[] cbuf)
        The receiver scans `cbuf' for sentence ending characters and returns their offsets.
        Parameters:
        cbuf - a char[] value
        Returns:
        a List of Integer objects.