Package opennlp.uima.normalizer

Class StringDictionary

java.lang.Object

opennlp.uima.normalizer.StringDictionary

public class StringDictionary
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StringDictionary()
StringDictionary(InputStream in)	Initializes StringDictionary via a specified InputStream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	get(StringList key)	Retrieves a value from a dictionary via its key.
void	put(StringList key, String value)	Adds a new entry to the dictionary.
void	serialize(OutputStream out)	Writes the dictionary to the given OutputStream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

StringDictionary

public StringDictionary()

StringDictionary

public StringDictionary(InputStream in)
                 throws IOException

Initializes StringDictionary via a specified InputStream.

Parameters:

in - A valid, open InputStream to initialize with.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if IO errors occurred.

Method Details

get

public String get(StringList key)

Retrieves a value from a dictionary via its key.

Parameters:

key - The key to get value with.

Returns:

Retrieves a corresponding String value or null if not found.

put

public void put(StringList key,
 String value)

Adds a new entry to the dictionary.

Parameters:

key - The key under which to put the value.

value - The value to put.

serialize

public void serialize(OutputStream out)
               throws IOException

Writes the dictionary to the given OutputStream.

Parameters:

out - A valid, open OutputStream to serialize to.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if IO errors occurred during serialization.