edu.cmu.sphinx.alignment.tokenizer

Class Relation

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.sphinx.alignment.tokenizer.Relation

public class Relation
extends java.lang.Object

Represents an ordered set of Items and their associated children. A relation has a name and a list of items, and is added to an Utterance via an USEnglishTokenizer.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	TOKEN Name of the relation that contains tokens from the original input text.
static java.lang.String	WORD Name of the relation that contains the normalized version of the original input text.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Item	appendItem() Adds a new item to this relation.
Item	appendItem(Item originalItem) Adds a new item to this relation.
Item	getHead() Gets the head of the item list.
java.lang.String	getName() Retrieves the name of this Relation.
Item	getTail() Gets the tail of the item list.
Utterance	getUtterance() Returns the utterance that contains this relation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TOKEN

public static final java.lang.String TOKEN

Name of the relation that contains tokens from the original input text. This is the first thing to be added to the utterance.

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Constant Field Values

WORD

public static final java.lang.String WORD

Name of the relation that contains the normalized version of the original input text.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Retrieves the name of this Relation.

Returns:

the name of this Relation

getHead

public Item getHead()

Gets the head of the item list.

Returns:

the head item

getTail

public Item getTail()

Gets the tail of the item list.

Returns:

the tail item

appendItem

public Item appendItem()

Adds a new item to this relation. The item added does not share its contents with any other item.

Returns:

the newly added item

appendItem

public Item appendItem(Item originalItem)

Adds a new item to this relation. The item added shares its contents with the original item.

Parameters:

originalItem - the ItemContents that will be shared by the new item

Returns:

the newly added item

getUtterance

public Utterance getUtterance()

Returns the utterance that contains this relation.

Returns:

the utterance that contains this relation