danbikel.parser
Interface WordFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultWordFactory

public interface WordFactory

Specifies methods for constructing Word objects.

Method Summary

Word	get(Sexp s) Constructs a Word object from the specified S-expression, which must be a list of length 2 or greater, where the first two elements are symbols.
Word	get(Symbol word, Symbol tag) Constructs a Word object from the specified symbols.
Word	get(Symbol word, Symbol tag, Symbol features) Constructs a Word object from the specified symbols.

Method Detail

get

Word get(Sexp s)

Constructs a Word object from the specified S-expression, which must be a list of length 2 or greater, where the first two elements are symbols. The first symbol is the actual word, the second its part-of-speech tag and a third, if present, is the word's features-vector.

Parameters:

s - the S-expression from which to construct a Word object

Returns:

a new Word object

See Also:

WordFeatures

get

Word get(Symbol word,
         Symbol tag)

Constructs a Word object from the specified symbols.

Parameters:

word - the word itself

tag - the word's part-of-speech tag

Returns:

a new Word object

get

Word get(Symbol word,
         Symbol tag,
         Symbol features)

Constructs a Word object from the specified symbols.

Parameters:

word - the word itself

tag - the word's part-of-speech tag

features - the word's feature vector

Returns:

a new Word object

See Also:

WordFeatures