com.aliasi.classify

Class Classification

java.lang.Object

com.aliasi.classify.Classification

Direct Known Subclasses:

RankedClassification

public class Classification
extends Object

A Classification provides a first-best category. Subclasses provide n-best results with numerical scores of various interpretations.

Since:

LingPipe2.0

Version:

3.8

Author:

Bob Carpenter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Classification(String bestCategory) Construct a classification with the specified first-best category.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	bestCategory() Returns the best-scoring category.
String	toString() Returns a string-based representation of the first-best category of this classification.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Classification

public Classification(String bestCategory)

Construct a classification with the specified first-best category.

Parameters:

bestCategory - Category of this classification.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If the category is null.

Method Detail

bestCategory

public String bestCategory()

Returns the best-scoring category.

Returns:

Best category for this classification.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string-based representation of the first-best category of this classification.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string-based representation of this classification.