dragon.nlp.extract

Interface DualConceptExtractor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDualConceptExtractor

public interface DualConceptExtractor

Interface of Dual Concept Extractor

This type of extractors extract two sets of concepts from a documetn or a sentence simultaneously

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2005

Company: IST, Drexel University

Version:

1.0

Author:

Davis Zhou

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	extractFromDoc(Article doc) Extracts concepts from a semi-structured article
boolean	extractFromDoc(Document doc) Extracts concepts from a parsed document
boolean	extractFromDoc(String doc) Extracts concepts from a raw document
boolean	extractFromSentence(Sentence sent) Extracts concept from a sentence
DocumentParser	getDocumentParser() Gets document parser.
ArrayList	getFirstConceptList() Gets the first set of concepts extracted before
ArrayList	getSecondConceptList() Gets the second set of concepts extracted before
void	initDocExtraction() It is required to call this method before one calls extractFromDoc method.
void	setDocumentParser(DocumentParser parser) Sets the document parser for the concept extractor.
boolean	supportConceptEntry() Tests if the extracted concept has an entry ID.
boolean	supportConceptName() Tests if the extracted concept has a name.

Method Detail

extractFromDoc

boolean extractFromDoc(String doc)

Extracts concepts from a raw document

Parameters:

doc - a raw document for extraction

Returns:

true if extracted successfully

extractFromDoc

boolean extractFromDoc(Document doc)

Extracts concepts from a parsed document

Parameters:

doc - a parsed document for extraction

Returns:

true if extracted successfully

extractFromDoc

boolean extractFromDoc(Article doc)

Extracts concepts from a semi-structured article

Parameters:

doc - a semi-structured article for extraction

Returns:

true if extracted successfully

extractFromSentence

boolean extractFromSentence(Sentence sent)

Extracts concept from a sentence

Parameters:

sent - a sentence for extraction

Returns:

true if extracted successfully

getFirstConceptList

ArrayList getFirstConceptList()

Gets the first set of concepts extracted before

Returns:

the first set of concepts extracted before

getSecondConceptList

ArrayList getSecondConceptList()

Gets the second set of concepts extracted before

Returns:

the second set of concepts extracted before

supportConceptName

boolean supportConceptName()

Tests if the extracted concept has a name.

Returns:

true or false

supportConceptEntry

boolean supportConceptEntry()

Tests if the extracted concept has an entry ID.

Returns:

true or false

initDocExtraction

void initDocExtraction()

It is required to call this method before one calls extractFromDoc method.

setDocumentParser

void setDocumentParser(DocumentParser parser)

Sets the document parser for the concept extractor.

Parameters:

parser - document parser

getDocumentParser

DocumentParser getDocumentParser()

Gets document parser.

Returns:

the document parser.