edu.uchsc.ccp.iaa.matcher
Class OverlappingSpanMatcher

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher

public class OverlappingSpanMatcher
extends Object
implements Matcher

Constructor Summary

OverlappingSpanMatcher()

Method Summary

String	getDescription()
String	getName()
Annotation	match(Annotation annotation, String compareSetName, Set<Annotation> excludeAnnotations, IAA iaa, MatchResult matchResult)
boolean	returnsTrivials()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OverlappingSpanMatcher

public OverlappingSpanMatcher()

Method Detail

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