edu.cmu.sphinx.decoder.pruner

Interface Pruner

All Superinterfaces:

Configurable

All Known Implementing Classes:

NullPruner, SimplePruner

public interface Pruner
extends Configurable

Provides a mechanism for pruning a set of StateTokens

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	allocate() Allocates resources necessary for this pruner
void	deallocate() Deallocates resources necessary for this pruner
ActiveList	prune(ActiveList stateTokenList) prunes the given set of states
void	startRecognition() Starts the pruner
void	stopRecognition() Performs post-recognition cleanup.

Methods inherited from interface edu.cmu.sphinx.util.props.Configurable

newProperties

Method Detail

startRecognition

void startRecognition()

Starts the pruner

prune

ActiveList prune(ActiveList stateTokenList)

prunes the given set of states

Parameters:

stateTokenList - a list containing StateToken objects to be scored

Returns:

the pruned list, (may be the sample list as stateTokenList)

stopRecognition

void stopRecognition()

Performs post-recognition cleanup.

allocate

void allocate()

Allocates resources necessary for this pruner

deallocate

void deallocate()

Deallocates resources necessary for this pruner