Package opennlp.tools.tokenize

Class SimpleTokenizer

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.tokenize.SimpleTokenizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Tokenizer

public class SimpleTokenizer
extends Object

A basic Tokenizer implementation which performs tokenization using character classes.

To obtain an instance of this tokenizer use the static final INSTANCE field.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final SimpleTokenizer	INSTANCE	Use this static reference to retrieve an instance of the SimpleTokenizer.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SimpleTokenizer()	Deprecated. Use INSTANCE field instead to obtain an instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	setKeepNewLines(boolean keepNewLines)	Switches whether to keep new lines or not.
String[]	tokenize(String s)	Splits a string into its atomic parts.
Span[]	tokenizePos(String s)	Finds the boundaries of atomic parts in a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

INSTANCE

public static final SimpleTokenizer INSTANCE

Use this static reference to retrieve an instance of the SimpleTokenizer.

Constructor Details

SimpleTokenizer

@Deprecated
public SimpleTokenizer()

Deprecated.

Use INSTANCE field instead to obtain an instance. This constructor will be made private in the future.

Method Details

tokenizePos

public Span[] tokenizePos(String s)

Description copied from interface: Tokenizer

Finds the boundaries of atomic parts in a string.

Parameters:

s - The string to be tokenized.

Returns:

The spans (offsets into s) for each token as the individuals array elements.

tokenize

public String[] tokenize(String s)

Description copied from interface: Tokenizer

Splits a string into its atomic parts.

Specified by:

tokenize in interface Tokenizer

Parameters:

s - The string to be tokenized.

Returns:

The String[] with the individual tokens as the array elements.

setKeepNewLines

public void setKeepNewLines(boolean keepNewLines)

Switches whether to keep new lines or not.

Parameters:

keepNewLines - True if new lines are kept, false otherwise.