gate.creole.gazetteer
Class LinearNode

java.lang.Object
  gate.creole.gazetteer.LinearNode

public class LinearNode
extends Object

Linear node specifies an entry of the type : list:major:minor:language

Constructor Summary

LinearNode(String node)
Parses and create a linear node from a string

LinearNode(String aList, String aMajor, String aMinor, String aLanguage)
Constructs a linear node given its elements

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Checks this node vs another one for equality.
String	getLanguage() Gets the language of the node (the language is optional)
String	getList() Get the gazetteer list filename from the node
String	getMajorType() Gets the major type
String	getMinorType() Gets the minor type
void	setLanguage(String aLanguage) Sets the language of the node
void	setList(String aList) Sets the gazetteer list filename for the node
void	setMajorType(String majorType) Sets the major type
void	setMinorType(String minorType) Sets the minor type
String	toString() Gets the string representation of this node

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LinearNode

public LinearNode(String aList,
                  String aMajor,
                  String aMinor,
                  String aLanguage)

Constructs a linear node given its elements

Parameters:

aList - the gazetteer list file name

aMajor - the major type

aMinor - the minor type

aLanguage - the language(s)

LinearNode

public LinearNode(String node)
           throws InvalidFormatException

Parses and create a linear node from a string

Parameters:

node - the linear node to be parsed

Throws:

InvalidFormatException

Method Detail

getList

public String getList()

Get the gazetteer list filename from the node

Returns:

the gazetteer list filename

setList

public void setList(String aList)

Sets the gazetteer list filename for the node

Parameters:

aList - the gazetteer list filename

getLanguage

public String getLanguage()

Gets the language of the node (the language is optional)

Returns:

the language of the node

setLanguage

public void setLanguage(String aLanguage)

Sets the language of the node

Parameters:

aLanguage - the language of the node

getMinorType

public String getMinorType()

Gets the minor type

Returns:

the minor type

setMinorType

public void setMinorType(String minorType)

Sets the minor type

getMajorType

public String getMajorType()

Gets the major type

Returns:

the major type

setMajorType

public void setMajorType(String majorType)

Sets the major type

Parameters:

majorType - the major type

toString

public String toString()

Gets the string representation of this node

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation of this node

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Checks this node vs another one for equality.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - another node

Returns:

true if languages,list,major type and minor type match.