emolib.splitter
Class SentenceSplitter

java.lang.Object
  emolib.util.proc.TextDataProcessor
      emolib.splitter.SentenceSplitter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, DataProcessor

Direct Known Subclasses:

SentenceSplitterBDT

public abstract class SentenceSplitter
extends TextDataProcessor

The SentenceSplitter abstract class defines the general structure to perform the sentence segmentation process.

The definition of the sentence boundaries is necessary in order to have a structured document. Then, statistics of the emotion conveyed by the different sentences that build a paragraph can be easily retrieved.

Author:

Alexandre Trilla (atrilla@salle.url.edu)

Constructor Summary

SentenceSplitter()
Main constructor of the SentenceSplitter.

Method Summary

abstract void	applySentenceSplitting(TextData inputTextDataObject) Method to perform the sentence splitting process.
Data	getData() Obtains the TextData from the previous module, processes it and makes it available to the rest of the text processing chain.
void	initialize() Method to initialize the SentenceSplitter.
void	newProperties(PropertySheet ps) This method is called when this configurable component has new data.
void	register(java.lang.String name, Registry registry) Register my properties.

Methods inherited from class emolib.util.proc.TextDataProcessor

flush, getName, getPredecessor, setPredecessor, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SentenceSplitter

public SentenceSplitter()

Main constructor of the SentenceSplitter.

Method Detail

register

public void register(java.lang.String name,
                     Registry registry)
              throws PropertyException

Description copied from interface: Configurable

Register my properties. This method is called once early in the time of the component, shortly after the component is constructed. This component should register any configuration properties that it needs to register. If this configurable extends another configurable, super.register should also be called

Specified by:

register in interface Configurable

Overrides:

register in class TextDataProcessor

Parameters:

name - the name of the component

registry - the registry for this component

Throws:

PropertyException

newProperties

public void newProperties(PropertySheet ps)
                   throws PropertyException

Description copied from interface: Configurable

This method is called when this configurable component has new data. The component should first validate the data. If it is bad the component should return false. If the data is good, the component should record the the data internally and return true.

Specified by:

newProperties in interface Configurable

Overrides:

newProperties in class TextDataProcessor

Parameters:

ps - a property sheet holding the new data

Throws:

PropertyException - if there is a problem with the properties.

getData

public Data getData()
             throws DataProcessingException

Obtains the TextData from the previous module, processes it and makes it available to the rest of the text processing chain.

Specified by:

getData in interface DataProcessor

Specified by:

getData in class TextDataProcessor

Returns:

The next available Data object, returns null if no Data object is available.

Throws:

DataProcessingException - If there is a processing error.

initialize

public void initialize()

Method to initialize the SentenceSplitter.

Specified by:

initialize in interface DataProcessor

Overrides:

initialize in class TextDataProcessor

applySentenceSplitting

public abstract void applySentenceSplitting(TextData inputTextDataObject)

Method to perform the sentence splitting process.

Parameters:

inputTextDataObject - The TextData object to process.