DocumentNameFinder (Apache OpenNLP Tools 2.3.2 API)

public interface DocumentNameFinder

Interface for processing an entire document allowing a TokenNameFinder to use context from the entire document.

EXPERIMENTAL: This interface has been added as part of a work in progress and might change without notice.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

Span[][]

find(String[][] document)

Finds tokens spans for the specified document of sentences and their tokens.

Method Details
- find
  
  Span[][] find(String[][] document)
  
  Finds tokens spans for the specified document of sentences and their tokens.
  Span start and end indices are relative to the sentence they are in. For example, a span identifying a name consisting of the first and second word of the second sentence would be 0..2 and be referenced as spans[1][0].
  
  Parameters:
  
  document - A 2-dimensional array of tokens for each sentence of a document.
  
  Returns:
  
  The token spans for each sentence of the specified document.