edu.uchsc.ccp.iaa.matcher
Interface Matcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassAndSpanMatcher, ClassMatcher, FeatureMatcher, OverlappingSpanMatcher, SpanMatcher, SpansExactComplexFeatureMatcher, SpansExactSimpleFeatureMatcher, SpansOverlapSimpleFeatureMatcher, SubclassMatcher

public interface Matcher

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

match

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

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

String getName()

getDescription

String getDescription()

returnsTrivials

boolean returnsTrivials()