edu.uchsc.ccp.iaa.matcher
Class FeatureMatcher

java.lang.Object
  edu.uchsc.ccp.iaa.matcher.FeatureMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher

public class FeatureMatcher
extends Object
implements Matcher

Constructor Summary

FeatureMatcher()

FeatureMatcher(String name)

Method Summary

void	addComparedComplexFeature(String complexFeatureName, ComplexFeatureMatchCriteria matchCriteria)
void	addComparedSimpleFeatures(String simpleFeatureName)
String	getDescription()
int	getMatchSpans()
String	getName()
Annotation	match(Annotation annotation, String compareSetName, Set<Annotation> excludeAnnotations, IAA iaa, MatchResult matchResult)
boolean	returnsTrivials()
void	setMatchClasses(boolean matchClasses)
void	setMatchSpans(int matchSpans)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FeatureMatcher

public FeatureMatcher()

FeatureMatcher

public FeatureMatcher(String name)

Method Detail

setMatchClasses

public void setMatchClasses(boolean matchClasses)

setMatchSpans

public void setMatchSpans(int matchSpans)

addComparedSimpleFeatures

public void addComparedSimpleFeatures(String simpleFeatureName)

addComparedComplexFeature

public void addComparedComplexFeature(String complexFeatureName,
                                      ComplexFeatureMatchCriteria matchCriteria)

match

public Annotation match(Annotation annotation,
                        String compareSetName,
                        Set<Annotation> excludeAnnotations,
                        IAA iaa,
                        MatchResult matchResult)

Specified by:

match in interface Matcher

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation that is to be matched

compareSetName - the set of annotations that we will look for a match in

excludeAnnotations - a set of annotations that cannot be the return value

iaa - an instance of IAA from which to get information about annotations

matchResult - instantiate a new MatchType and pass it to the method. The method must set the result to one of the four result values given in MatchResult.

Returns:

the annotation that was matched. If none exists then return null.

getName

public String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface Matcher

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Specified by:

getDescription in interface Matcher

returnsTrivials

public boolean returnsTrivials()

Specified by:

returnsTrivials in interface Matcher

getMatchSpans

public int getMatchSpans()