Package opennlp.tools.namefind

Interface NameContextGenerator

All Superinterfaces:

BeamSearchContextGenerator<java.lang.String>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultNameContextGenerator

public interface NameContextGenerator
extends BeamSearchContextGenerator<java.lang.String>

Interface for generating the context for an name finder by specifying a set of geature generators.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addFeatureGenerator(AdaptiveFeatureGenerator generator)	Adds a feature generator to this set of feature generators.
void	clearAdaptiveData()	Informs all the feature generators for a name finder that the context of the adaptive data (typically a document) is no longer valid.
void	updateAdaptiveData(java.lang.String[] tokens, java.lang.String[] outcomes)	Informs all the feature generators for a name finder that the specified tokens have been classified with the coorisponds set of specified outcomes.

Methods inherited from interface opennlp.tools.util.BeamSearchContextGenerator

getContext

Method Detail

addFeatureGenerator

void addFeatureGenerator(AdaptiveFeatureGenerator generator)

Adds a feature generator to this set of feature generators.

Parameters:

generator - The feature generator to add.

updateAdaptiveData

void updateAdaptiveData(java.lang.String[] tokens,
                        java.lang.String[] outcomes)

Informs all the feature generators for a name finder that the specified tokens have been classified with the coorisponds set of specified outcomes.

Parameters:

tokens - The tokens of the sentence or other text unit which has been processed.

outcomes - The outcomes associated with the specified tokens.

clearAdaptiveData

void clearAdaptiveData()

Informs all the feature generators for a name finder that the context of the adaptive data (typically a document) is no longer valid.