edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.wikifier.utils.freebase

Class FreebaseSearch

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.wikifier.utils.freebase.FreebaseSearch

public class FreebaseSearch
extends Object

Takes a string (e.g., "obama") and asks the Freebase Search API. Caches if necessary. Outputs a set of entities.

Author:

Percy Liang

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FreebaseSearch()
FreebaseSearch(String cacheLocation)
FreebaseSearch(String cacheLocation, String key)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close()
List<FreebaseAnswer>	lookup(String query)
List<String>	lookupRdf(String query) Query Freebase by ID
static void	main(String[] args)
String[]	query(String q)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FreebaseSearch

public FreebaseSearch()

FreebaseSearch

public FreebaseSearch(String cacheLocation,
                      String key)

FreebaseSearch

public FreebaseSearch(String cacheLocation)

Method Detail

lookup

public List<FreebaseAnswer> lookup(String query)
                            throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

lookupRdf

public List<String> lookupRdf(String query)

Query Freebase by ID

Parameters:

query: - in the form of m/09c7w0

Returns:

Throws:

Exception

query

public String[] query(String q)
               throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Throws:

Exception