gate.jape
Interface Matcher

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicPatternElement, ComplexPatternElement, ConstraintGroup, LeftHandSide, PatternElement

public interface Matcher
extends Serializable

Interface to be implemented by classes providing matching on documents, e.g. PatternElement and LeftHandSide.

Method Summary

void	finish() Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.
boolean	matches(Document doc, int position, MutableInteger newPosition) Does this element match the document at this position?
void	reset() Reset: clear annotation caches etc.

Method Detail

matches

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

Does this element match the document at this position?

reset

void reset()

Reset: clear annotation caches etc.

finish

void finish()

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