opennlp.tools.namefind
Interface TokenNameFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

DictionaryNameFinder, NameFinderME, RegexNameFinder

public interface TokenNameFinder

The interface for name finders which provide name tags for a sequence of tokens.

Author:

Thomas Morton

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.

Method Detail

find

Span[] find(String[] tokens)

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

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

void clearAdaptiveData()

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.