com.languagecomputer.api.text
Class DefaultEntity

java.lang.Object
  com.languagecomputer.api.text.DefaultText
      com.languagecomputer.api.text.DefaultEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Entity, Text

public class DefaultEntity
extends DefaultText
implements Entity

Default implementation of an Entity.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Kirk Roberts

See Also:

DefaultText

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.languagecomputer.api.text.Entity

TYPE

Constructor Summary

DefaultEntity()
Creates a new DefaultEntity.

Method Summary

String	getType() Returns the type of this Entity.
void	setAnnotationType(AnnotationType annType) Not necessary: defaults to Entity.TYPE.
void	setType(String type) Sets the type of this Entity.
String	toString() Returns a String representation of a DefaultEntity.

Methods inherited from class com.languagecomputer.api.text.DefaultText

getAnnotationType, getCongruentAnnotations, getDocument, getDocumentID, getEndCharOffset, getIntersectingAnnotations, getRawString, getStartCharOffset, getSubAnnotations, getSuperAnnotations, setDocument, setEndCharOffset, setRawString, setStartCharOffset

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.languagecomputer.api.text.Text

getAnnotationType, getCongruentAnnotations, getDocument, getDocumentID, getEndCharOffset, getIntersectingAnnotations, getRawString, getStartCharOffset, getSubAnnotations, getSuperAnnotations

Constructor Detail

DefaultEntity

public DefaultEntity()

Creates a new DefaultEntity.

Method Detail

setAnnotationType

public void setAnnotationType(AnnotationType annType)

Not necessary: defaults to Entity.TYPE.

Overrides:

setAnnotationType in class DefaultText

Parameters:

annType - AnnotationType to use for this DefaultEntity.

See Also:

Text.getAnnotationType(), AnnotationType

setType

public void setType(String type)

Sets the type of this Entity.

Parameters:

type - The entity type String.

See Also:

Entity.getType()

getType

public String getType()

Returns the type of this Entity.

Specified by:

getType in interface Entity

Returns:

The String representation of this Entity's type.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String representation of a DefaultEntity.

Overrides:

toString in class DefaultText