com.aliasi.chunk
Class ChunkFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.aliasi.chunk.ChunkFactory

public class ChunkFactory
extends Object

The ChunkFactory provides static factory methods for creating chunks from components. Each chunk must specify the index of its first character and the index of one past its last character. A chunk may optionally specify a string-based type and score. If a type or score is not specified, the default values DEFAULT_CHUNK_TYPE and DEFAULT_CHUNK_SCORE, respecitively.

Since:

LingPipe2.1

Version:

2.1

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Field Summary

static double	DEFAULT_CHUNK_SCORE The default chunk score, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY.
static String	DEFAULT_CHUNK_TYPE The default chunk type, "CHUNK".

Method Summary

static Chunk	createChunk(int start, int end) Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, with default type and score.
static Chunk	createChunk(int start, int end, double score) Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, specified score and default type.
static Chunk	createChunk(int start, int end, String type) Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, specified type and default score.
static Chunk	createChunk(int start, int end, String type, double score) Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, type and score.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_CHUNK_TYPE

public static final String DEFAULT_CHUNK_TYPE

The default chunk type, "CHUNK".

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_CHUNK_SCORE

public static final double DEFAULT_CHUNK_SCORE

The default chunk score, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY. This value, unlike Double.NaN, is less than other double values and equal (==) to itself.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

createChunk

public static Chunk createChunk(int start,
                                int end)

Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, with default type and score. The default type is given by DEFAULT_CHUNK_TYPE and default score by DEFAULT_CHUNK_SCORE.

Parameters:

start - Index of the first character in the chunk.

end - Index of one past the last character in the chunk.

Returns:

The created chunk.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If start is less than zero or end is less than start.

createChunk

public static Chunk createChunk(int start,
                                int end,
                                String type)

Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, specified type and default score. The default score is given by DEFAULT_CHUNK_SCORE.

Parameters:

start - Index of the first character in the chunk.

end - Index of one past the last character in the chunk.

type - Type of the chunk created.

Returns:

The created chunk.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If start is less than zero or end is less than start.

createChunk

public static Chunk createChunk(int start,
                                int end,
                                double score)

Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, specified score and default type. The default type is given by DEFAULT_CHUNK_TYPE.

Parameters:

start - Index of the first character in the chunk.

end - Index of one past the last character in the chunk.

score - Score of created chunk.

Returns:

The created chunk.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If start is less than zero or end is less than start.

createChunk

public static Chunk createChunk(int start,
                                int end,
                                String type,
                                double score)

Return a chunk with the specified start and end positions, type and score.

Parameters:

start - Index of the first character in the chunk.

end - Index of one past the last character in the chunk.

type - Type of the chunk created.

score - Score of created chunk.

Returns:

The created chunk.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If start is less than zero or end is less than start.