gate.jape
Class ConstraintGroup

java.lang.Object
  gate.jape.PatternElement
      gate.jape.ConstraintGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

JapeConstants, Matcher, Serializable, Cloneable

public class ConstraintGroup
extends PatternElement
implements JapeConstants, Serializable

A sequence of conjunctions of PatternElement that form a disjunction.

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

ConstraintGroup()
Anonymous constructor.

Method Summary

void	addPatternElement(PatternElement pe) Add an element to the current conjunction.
Object	clone() Need cloning for processing of macro references.
void	createDisjunction() Make a new disjunction at this point.
void	finish() Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.
protected Iterator	getCPEs() Get an list of CPEs that we contain.
AnnotationSet	getMatchedAnnots() Access to the annotations that have been matched by this group.
PatternElement[][]	getPatternElementDisjunction()
boolean	matches(Document doc, int position, MutableInteger newPosition) Does this element match the document at this position?
void	reset() Clear all the annotations that have been matched by this group.
void	rollback(int arity) Multilevel rollback of annot caches etc.
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

ConstraintGroup

public ConstraintGroup()

Anonymous constructor.

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()

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

Overrides:

clone in class PatternElement

createDisjunction

public void createDisjunction()

Make a new disjunction at this point.

addPatternElement

public void addPatternElement(PatternElement pe)

Add an element to the current conjunction.

getCPEs

protected Iterator getCPEs()

Get an list of CPEs that we contain.

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 by this group.

Specified by:

getMatchedAnnots in class PatternElement

reset

public void reset()

Clear all the annotations that have been matched by this group.

Specified by:

reset in interface Matcher

Overrides:

reset in class PatternElement

rollback

public void rollback(int arity)

Multilevel rollback of annot caches etc.

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

getPatternElementDisjunction

public PatternElement[][] getPatternElementDisjunction()