Package opennlp.uima.normalizer

Class NumberUtil

java.lang.Object

opennlp.uima.normalizer.NumberUtil

public final class NumberUtil
extends Object

Provides methods to parse numbers which occur in natural language texts.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NumberUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	isLanguageSupported(String languageCode)	Checks if the language is supported.
static Number	parse(String number, String languageCode)	Parses a specified number for a certain languageCode.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NumberUtil

public NumberUtil()

Method Detail

isLanguageSupported

public static boolean isLanguageSupported(String languageCode)

Checks if the language is supported.

Parameters:

languageCode - A ISO conform language code, e.g. "en", "pt"

Returns:

true if the language is supported

parse

public static Number parse(String number,
                           String languageCode)
                    throws ParseException

Parses a specified number for a certain languageCode.

Parameters:

number - The suspected number to parse.

languageCode - A ISO conform language code, e.g. "en", "pt"

Returns:

The parsed Number.

Throws:

ParseException - Thrown if errors occurred during parsing.

IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if the languageCode is not supported.