dragon.nlp

Interface Concept

All Known Implementing Classes:

Phrase, Term, Token

public interface Concept

Interface of Concept which could be a single word, a multiword phrase, or an ontological term

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2005

Company: IST, Drexel University

Version:

1.0

Author:

Davis Zhou

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	TYPE_PHRASE
static int	TYPE_TERM
static int	TYPE_TOKEN

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addFrequency(int inc)
Concept	copy()
boolean	equalTo(Concept concept)
int	getConceptType() Return 1 for ontological term, 2 for multiword phrase, and 3 for token
Word	getEndingWord() Gets the last word of the concept.
String	getEntryID()
int	getFrequency()
int	getIndex()
Object	getMemo()
String	getName()
String	getSemanticType()
Word	getStartingWord() Gets the first word of the concept.
double	getWeight()
boolean	isSubConcept()
void	setFrequency(int frequency)
void	setIndex(int index)
void	setMemo(Object memo)
void	setWeight(double weight)

Field Detail

TYPE_TERM

static final int TYPE_TERM

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TYPE_PHRASE

static final int TYPE_PHRASE

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TYPE_TOKEN

static final int TYPE_TOKEN

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Method Detail

getConceptType

int getConceptType()

Return 1 for ontological term, 2 for multiword phrase, and 3 for token

Returns:

the concept type

copy

Concept copy()

getName

String getName()

Returns:

the descriptive name of the concept

getEntryID

String getEntryID()

Returns:

the unique entry id, usually for ontological terms.

getSemanticType

String getSemanticType()

Returns:

the semantic type such as proteins, genes, usually for ontological terms.

isSubConcept

boolean isSubConcept()

getIndex

int getIndex()

setIndex

void setIndex(int index)

getFrequency

int getFrequency()

setFrequency

void setFrequency(int frequency)

addFrequency

void addFrequency(int inc)

setWeight

void setWeight(double weight)

getWeight

double getWeight()

getMemo

Object getMemo()

setMemo

void setMemo(Object memo)

equalTo

boolean equalTo(Concept concept)

getStartingWord

Word getStartingWord()

Gets the first word of the concept. Phrases and ontological terms could have multiple words.

Returns:

the first word of the underlying concept

getEndingWord

Word getEndingWord()

Gets the last word of the concept. Phrases and ontological terms could have multiple words.

Returns:

the last word of the underlying concept