edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.data

Class NameInfo

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.data.NameInfo

public class NameInfo
extends Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	GENERIC_TYPE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NameInfo(String inputName) Constructor that takes one of the two compared strings as a parameter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ArrayList<String>	getCandidates()
String	getName()
ArrayList<String>	getOriginalCandidates()
String	getOriginalName()
String	getType()
boolean	isEnforced()
boolean	parseName(String inputName) Parses the string parameter and separates each part from the delimiter(s).
void	setType(String type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

GENERIC_TYPE

public static final String GENERIC_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

NameInfo

public NameInfo(String inputName)

Constructor that takes one of the two compared strings as a parameter. It converts the string into a NameInfo object.

Parameters:

inputName - One of the two strings being compared

Method Detail

getOriginalName

public String getOriginalName()

Returns:

The string being compared, with any additional delimiters (#)

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

The string being compared, from a NameInfo object

getType

public String getType()

Returns:

The type (LOC/ORG/PER/GEN) of the NameInfo object

isEnforced

public boolean isEnforced()

Returns:

A boolean value (true/false) determining whether the string passed in was given a type by the user.

setType

public void setType(String type)

Parameters:

type - The type (LOC/ORG/PER/GEN) to set the NameInfo object as

getCandidates

public ArrayList<String> getCandidates()

getOriginalCandidates

public ArrayList<String> getOriginalCandidates()

parseName

public boolean parseName(String inputName)

Parses the string parameter and separates each part from the delimiter(s). This function checks whether the user provided a type to be used. If not, the generic type GEN is the default and is later corrected in EntityComparison.

Parameters:

inputName - One of two compared strings

Returns:

Irrelevant, should be void return type instead