Class CensusDictionaryCreatorTool

java.lang.Object
opennlp.tools.cmdline.CmdLineTool
opennlp.tools.cmdline.BasicCmdLineTool
opennlp.tools.cmdline.namefind.CensusDictionaryCreatorTool

public class CensusDictionaryCreatorTool extends opennlp.tools.cmdline.BasicCmdLineTool
This tool helps create a loadable dictionary for the NameFinder, from data collected from US Census data.

Data for the US Census and names can be found here for the 1990 Census:
www.census.gov

  • Constructor Details

    • CensusDictionaryCreatorTool

      public CensusDictionaryCreatorTool()
  • Method Details

    • getShortDescription

      public String getShortDescription()
      Overrides:
      getShortDescription in class opennlp.tools.cmdline.CmdLineTool
      Returns:
      Retrieves a short description of what the tool does
    • getHelp

      public String getHelp()
      Specified by:
      getHelp in class opennlp.tools.cmdline.CmdLineTool
      Returns:
      Retrieves a description on how to use the tool
    • createDictionary

      public static Dictionary createDictionary(ObjectStream<StringList> sampleStream) throws IOException
      Creates a dictionary.
      Parameters:
      sampleStream - stream of samples.
      Returns:
      a Dictionary class containing the name dictionary built from the input file.
      Throws:
      IOException - IOException
    • run

      public void run(String[] args)
      Description copied from class: opennlp.tools.cmdline.BasicCmdLineTool
      Executes the tool with the given parameters.
      Specified by:
      run in class opennlp.tools.cmdline.BasicCmdLineTool
      Parameters:
      args - arguments