opennlp.tools.namefind
Class RegexNameFinder

java.lang.Object
  opennlp.tools.namefind.RegexNameFinder

All Implemented Interfaces:

TokenNameFinder

public final class RegexNameFinder
extends Object
implements TokenNameFinder

Name finder based on a series of regular expressions.

Constructor Summary

RegexNameFinder(Pattern[] patterns)

Method Summary

void	clearAdaptiveData() Forgets all adaptive data which was collected during previous calls to one of the find methods.
Span[]	find(String[] tokens) Generates name tags for the given sequence, typically a sentence, returning token spans for any identified names.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexNameFinder

public RegexNameFinder(Pattern[] patterns)

Method Detail

find

public Span[] find(String[] tokens)

Description copied from interface: TokenNameFinder

Generates name tags for the given sequence, typically a sentence, returning token spans for any identified names.

Specified by:

find in interface TokenNameFinder

Parameters:

tokens - an array of the tokens or words of the sequence, typically a sentence.

Returns:

an array of spans for each of the names identified.

clearAdaptiveData

public void clearAdaptiveData()

Description copied from interface: TokenNameFinder

Forgets all adaptive data which was collected during previous calls to one of the find methods. This method is typical called at the end of a document.

Specified by:

clearAdaptiveData in interface TokenNameFinder