edu.uchsc.ccp.iaa.matcher
Class SpanMatcher

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Matcher

public class SpanMatcher
extends Object
implements Matcher

Constructor Summary

SpanMatcher()

Method Summary

String	getDescription()
String	getName()
Annotation	match(Annotation annotation, String compareSetName, Set<Annotation> excludeAnnotations, IAA iaa, MatchResult matchResult) This method will return an annotation with the same class and spans.
boolean	returnsTrivials()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SpanMatcher

public SpanMatcher()

Method Detail

match

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

This method will return an annotation with the same class and spans. If one does not exist, then it will return an annotation with the same spans (but different class). Otherwise, null is returned.

Specified by:

match in interface Matcher

Parameters:

annotation -

compareSetName -

excludeAnnotations -

iaa -

matchResult - will be set to NONTRIVIAL_MATCH or NONTRIVIAL_NONMATCH. Trivial matches and non-matches are not defined for this matcher.

Returns:

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

See Also:

Matcher.match(Annotation, String, Set, IAA, MatchResult), MatchResult.NONTRIVIAL_MATCH, MatchResult.NONTRIVIAL_NONMATCH, Annotation.getShortestAnnotation(Collection)

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