com.languagecomputer.api
Interface SpatialWebService

All Superinterfaces:

BaseWebService

All Known Implementing Classes:

SpatialWebServiceImpl

public interface SpatialWebService
extends BaseWebService

Interface for spatial information annotation web service. The service takes a document and annotates the locations with coordinates and other gazatteer information.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Kirk Roberts

Method Summary

String

process(String sessionID, String document, String format) Annotates the provided document with spatial spans.

Methods inherited from interface com.languagecomputer.api.BaseWebService

registerSession, unregisterSession

Method Detail

process

String process(String sessionID,
               String document,
               String format)
               throws Exception

Annotates the provided document with spatial spans.

Parameters:

sessionID - The unique identifier String for the session for this operation.

document - The document in the format described in the format parameter.

format - The format in which the annotations should be returned. Defaults to XML.

Returns:

The identified spatial spans in the format requested.

Throws:

Exception - If there was an error processing the document.