gate.jape
Class ComplexPatternElement

java.lang.Object
  gate.jape.PatternElement
      gate.jape.ComplexPatternElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

JapeConstants, Matcher, Serializable, Cloneable

public class ComplexPatternElement
extends PatternElement
implements JapeConstants, Serializable

A pattern element enclosed in round brackets. Has a ConstraintGroups, Kleene operator and binding name.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class gate.jape.PatternElement

matchHistory

Fields inherited from interface gate.jape.JapeConstants

ALL_STYLE, APPELT_STYLE, BRILL_STYLE, DEFAULT_PRIORITY, FIRST_STYLE, INDENT_PADDING, KLEENE_PLUS, KLEENE_QUERY, KLEENE_STAR, MULTI_SPAN_BINDING, NO_BINDING, NO_KLEENE_OP, ONCE_STYLE, SINGLE_SPAN_BINDING

Constructor Summary

ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup, int kleeneOp, String bindingName)
Construction from ConstraintGroup, Kleene operator type and binding name.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Need cloning for processing of macro references.
void	finish() Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.
String	getBindingName() Get binding name.
ConstraintGroup	getConstraintGroup()
protected Iterator	getCPEs() Get a list of CPEs that we contain.
int	getKleeneOp()
AnnotationSet	getMatchedAnnots() Access to the annotations that have been matched.
boolean	matches(Document doc, int position, MutableInteger newPosition) Does this element match the document at this position?
void	reset() Reset: clear caches of annotations matched.
void	rollback(int arity) Multilevel rollback of annotation caches.
String	toString() Create a string representation of the object.
String	toString(String pad) Create a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComplexPatternElement

public ComplexPatternElement(ConstraintGroup constraintGroup,
                             int kleeneOp,
                             String bindingName)

Construction from ConstraintGroup, Kleene operator type and binding name. Kleene types are defined in JapeConstants.

Method Detail

getBindingName

public String getBindingName()

Get binding name.

getCPEs

protected Iterator getCPEs()

Get a list of CPEs that we contain.

clone

public Object clone()

Need cloning for processing of macro references. See comments on PatternElement.clone()

Overrides:

clone in class PatternElement

finish

public void finish()

Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.

Specified by:

finish in interface Matcher

getMatchedAnnots

public AnnotationSet getMatchedAnnots()

Access to the annotations that have been matched.

Specified by:

getMatchedAnnots in class PatternElement

reset

public void reset()

Reset: clear caches of annotations matched.

Specified by:

reset in interface Matcher

Overrides:

reset in class PatternElement

rollback

public void rollback(int arity)

Multilevel rollback of annotation caches.

Specified by:

rollback in class PatternElement

matches

public boolean matches(Document doc,
                       int position,
                       MutableInteger newPosition)

Does this element match the document at this position?

Specified by:

matches in interface Matcher

toString

public String toString()

Create a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toString

public String toString(String pad)

Create a string representation of the object.

Specified by:

toString in class PatternElement

getKleeneOp

public int getKleeneOp()

getConstraintGroup

public ConstraintGroup getConstraintGroup()