gate.lexicon
Class MutableLexKBSynsetImpl

java.lang.Object
  gate.lexicon.MutableLexKBSynsetImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

LexKBSynset, MutableLexKBSynset, Serializable

public class MutableLexKBSynsetImpl
extends Object
implements MutableLexKBSynset, Serializable

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MutableLexKBSynsetImpl()

Method Summary

boolean	addWordSense(LexKBWordSense newWordSense) add a new word sense at the end of the synset
boolean	addWordSense(LexKBWordSense newWordSense, int offset) add a new word sense at a given position
String	getDefinition() textual description of the synset
Object	getId() Returns the Id of the synset, each synset has a unique Id for connection to the ontology
Object	getPOS() returns the part-of-speech for this synset
LexKBWordSense	getWordSense(int offset) get specific WordSense according to its order in the synset - most important senses come first
List	getWordSenses() WordSenses contained in this synset
void	removeSense(LexKBWordSense theSense)
void	removeSenses()
void	setDefinition(String newDefinition) textual description of the synset
void	setPOS(Object newPOS) sets the part-of-speech for this synset
boolean	setWordSenseIndex(LexKBWordSense wordSense, int newOffset) change the offset of an existing word sense
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MutableLexKBSynsetImpl

public MutableLexKBSynsetImpl()

Method Detail

setPOS

public void setPOS(Object newPOS)

Description copied from interface: MutableLexKBSynset

sets the part-of-speech for this synset

Specified by:

setPOS in interface MutableLexKBSynset

setDefinition

public void setDefinition(String newDefinition)

Description copied from interface: MutableLexKBSynset

textual description of the synset

Specified by:

setDefinition in interface MutableLexKBSynset

addWordSense

public boolean addWordSense(LexKBWordSense newWordSense)

Description copied from interface: MutableLexKBSynset

add a new word sense at the end of the synset

Specified by:

addWordSense in interface MutableLexKBSynset

addWordSense

public boolean addWordSense(LexKBWordSense newWordSense,
                            int offset)

Description copied from interface: MutableLexKBSynset

add a new word sense at a given position

Specified by:

addWordSense in interface MutableLexKBSynset

setWordSenseIndex

public boolean setWordSenseIndex(LexKBWordSense wordSense,
                                 int newOffset)

Description copied from interface: MutableLexKBSynset

change the offset of an existing word sense

Specified by:

setWordSenseIndex in interface MutableLexKBSynset

getId

public Object getId()

Description copied from interface: LexKBSynset

Returns the Id of the synset, each synset has a unique Id for connection to the ontology

Specified by:

getId in interface LexKBSynset

getPOS

public Object getPOS()

returns the part-of-speech for this synset

Specified by:

getPOS in interface LexKBSynset

getDefinition

public String getDefinition()

textual description of the synset

Specified by:

getDefinition in interface LexKBSynset

getWordSenses

public List getWordSenses()

WordSenses contained in this synset

Specified by:

getWordSenses in interface LexKBSynset

getWordSense

public LexKBWordSense getWordSense(int offset)

get specific WordSense according to its order in the synset - most important senses come first

Specified by:

getWordSense in interface LexKBSynset

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

removeSenses

public void removeSenses()

Specified by:

removeSenses in interface MutableLexKBSynset

removeSense

public void removeSense(LexKBWordSense theSense)

Specified by:

removeSense in interface MutableLexKBSynset