Package opennlp.tools.namefind

Interface DocumentNameFinder

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.