Class DictionaryNameFinder

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.namefind.DictionaryNameFinder

All Implemented Interfaces:

opennlp.tools.namefind.TokenNameFinder

public class DictionaryNameFinder
extends Object
implements opennlp.tools.namefind.TokenNameFinder

This is a Dictionary based name finder. It scans text for names inside a provided dictionary.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DictionaryNameFinder(Dictionary dictionary)	Initializes a DictionaryNameFinder with the provided Dictionary and DEFAULT_TYPE.
DictionaryNameFinder(Dictionary dictionary, String type)	Initializes a DictionaryNameFinder with the provided Dictionary and a type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearAdaptiveData()
opennlp.tools.util.Span[]	find(String[] textTokenized)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

DictionaryNameFinder

public DictionaryNameFinder(Dictionary dictionary,
 String type)

Initializes a DictionaryNameFinder with the provided Dictionary and a type.

Parameters:

dictionary - The Dictionary to use. Must not be null.

type - the name type used for the produced spans. Must not be null.

DictionaryNameFinder

public DictionaryNameFinder(Dictionary dictionary)

Initializes a DictionaryNameFinder with the provided Dictionary and DEFAULT_TYPE.

Parameters:

dictionary - The Dictionary to use. Must not be null.

Method Details

find

public opennlp.tools.util.Span[] find(String[] textTokenized)

Specified by:

find in interface opennlp.tools.namefind.TokenNameFinder

clearAdaptiveData

public void clearAdaptiveData()

Specified by:

clearAdaptiveData in interface opennlp.tools.namefind.TokenNameFinder